Carapa guianensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Carapa guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(Suppl.): 32, t. 387 (1775).

Homotypic
- Granatum guianense (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891).
- Xylocarpus carapa Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 213 (1825).

Heterotypic
- Guarea mucronulata C.DC., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 499 (1917).
- Carapa macrocarpa Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 191 (1922).
- Carapa latifolia Willd. ex C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 718 (1878).
- Persoonia guareoides Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 331 (1799).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil North.

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 32

Kenfack, D. 2011. A Synoptic Revision of Carapa (Meliaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 16(2): 171–231. DOI: 10.3100/0.25.016.0201 Reference page.

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Tropicos.org 2021. Carapa guianensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Carapa guianensis. Published online. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Carapa guianensis. Accessed: 1 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Carapa guianensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 1. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carapa guianensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: andiroba, crapaud (Trinidad), crabwood, crappo (Trinidad)
português: Andiroba