- Family:
- Lecythidaceae A.Rich.
- Genus:
- Cariniana Casar.
Cariniana pyriformis Miers

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Pacific. Elevation range: 30–770 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Chocó, Córdoba, Norte de Santander, Santander.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): NT. National Red List of Colombia (2021): CR A2cd+4cd.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Abarco
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 30 - 770 m.
- Conservation
- Critically endangered.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 30 - 770 m.; Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
- Conservation
- En Peligro Crítico
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- abarco, chibugá, cocoabarco, papelillo, piloncillo
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
[UPB]
- Use Environmental Soil Improvers
- Live plant (in situ) - Soil improver (Valencia 2014).
- Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
- Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Materials Wood
- Entire plant - Used for construction (Valencia 2014, López-Camacho et al. 2016). Entire plant - Used as wood (López-Camacho et al. 2016).
Native to:
Colombia, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Spanish
- Abarco, chibugá, caobano, caoba falsa, coco abarco, coco huasco, fono tallador, poná, papelillo, piloncillo.
Cariniana pyriformis Miers appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1972 | s.coll. [3821], Trinidad & Tobago | K000600058 | Yes | ||
Prestoe [s.n.], Trinidad & Tobago | K000600059 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 290 (1874)
Accepted by
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- Cárdenas, D. & Salinas, N. [eds.]. (2006). Libro rojo de plantas de Colombia. Especies maderables amenazadas parte I. Bogotá: Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI - Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial.
- Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
- López-Camacho, R., Pulido, E., Diaz, J. (2016). APP Especies Maderables Versión 2 [online application software]. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com
- Valencia, D. A. A. (2014). Las especies vegetales promisorias: caso del departamento de Antioquia. (Ingenieria Forestal), Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Medellin
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2013). Plantas priorizadas para la conservación en la Región del Eje Cafetero. 1006 registros, aportados por: García, H. (Contacto del recurso, Autor), Gallego, J. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Ramos, A. (Proveedor de metadatos, Autor), Duque, C. (Usuario), Sofrony, C. (Autor), Loaiza, E. (Autor), Tapasco, G. (Autor), Restrepo, J. (Autor), Marín, E. (Autor), Bonilla, B. (Autor), Salazar, M. (Autor), Rozo, A. (Autor), Álvarez, L. (Autor), Alzate, N. (Autor), Ramirez, V. (Autor), Ávila, J. (Autor), Vanegas, H. (Autor), Higuera, D. (Autor), Duarte, K. (Autor), Toro, Y. (Autor), Ruiz, D. (Autor), Ospina, N. (Autor), Higuera, D. (Autor), Bedoya, J. (Autor), Valderrama, N. (Autor). Versión 9.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ejecafetero_plantas_2013.
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
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