- Family:
- Meliaceae Juss.
Carapa Aubl.
[FTEA]
Meliaceae, Styles & F. White (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees of very variable habit and size
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually paripinnate and with an apical gland, or exceptionally imparipinnate, often crowded at the ends of stout branchlets
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4–5(–6)-merous, unisexual, in large much-branched panicles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx small, lobed almost to the base; lobes imbricate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4–5(–6), slightly contorted, spreading in open flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal tube urceolate, very similar to that of Khaya
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk cushion-shaped, surrounding the base of the ovary and free from the staminal tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 4–5(–6)-locular, with 2–8 ovules in each locule; style-head discoid with a crenulate margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a large, pendulous, leathery, subglobose septifragal capsule, which falls from the tree entire and breaks open on striking the ground; columella poorly developed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds large, usually about 12–20, subangular, with a woody but buoyant outer covering.
Native to:
Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zaïre
Introduced into:
Vietnam
- Carapa akuri Poncy, Forget & Kenfack
- Carapa alticola Kenfack & Á.J.Pérez
- Carapa amorphocarpa W.Palacios
- Carapa angustifolia Harms
- Carapa batesii C.DC.
- Carapa dinklagei Harms
- Carapa gogo A.Chev. ex Kenfack
- Carapa grandiflora Sprague
- Carapa guianensis Aubl.
- Carapa hygrophila Harms
- Carapa littoralis Kenfack
- Carapa llanocarti Kenfack
- Carapa longipetala Kenfack
- Carapa macrantha Harms
- Carapa megistocarpa A.H.Gentry & Dodson
- Carapa microcarpa A.Chev.
- Carapa nicaraguensis C.DC.
- Carapa pariensis Kenfack
- Carapa parviflora Harms
- Carapa planadensis Kenfack
- Carapa procera DC.
- Carapa surinamensis Miq.
- Carapa vasquezii Kenfack
- Carapa velutina C.DC.
Carapa Aubl. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2009 | Etuge, M. [4889], Cameroon | K000518759 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000518760 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000580212 | No | ||
| Sep 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [8008], Cameroon | K000580211 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [5516], Cameroon | K000580214 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [5516], Cameroon | K000518761 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Watts, J. [632], Cameroon | K000436144 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [733], Cameroon | K000437520 | No | ||
| Cazalet, P. [5044], Ecuador | 22675.000 | No | |||
| Pennington, R.T. [327], Guyana | 29047.777 | No | |||
| Cheek, M. [7361], Cameroon | K000460134 | No |
First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32 (1775)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Kenfack, D. (2011). A synoptic revision of Carapa (Meliaceae) Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 171-231.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam 19B, 1: 77 (1940).
- —F.T.A. 1: 336
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Hist. Pl. Guiane. Fr. 2, Suppl.: 32, t. 387 (1775)
- Noamesi, A revision of the Xylocarpeae, unpublished thesis University of Wisconsin: 35 (1958)
- Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 524 (1975)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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