Carapa Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32 (1775)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical America, Tropical Africa.

Distribution

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

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  • Noamesi, A revision of the Xylocarpeae, unpublished thesis University of Wisconsin: 35 (1958)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)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0