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Hymenaea courbaril L.

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GENUS: Hymenaea L.

Hymenaea courbaril L. [Preferred name]
    Hymenaea candolleana Kunth {Synonym}
    Hymenaea retusa Hayne {Synonym}
    Inga megacarpa M.E.Jones {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Abati [1406]; Algarobo [1406]; Asucar-huain [1406]; Avati [1406]; Corobore [1406]; Courbaril [1406]; Guapinol [1406]; Jatahy [1406]; Jatai [1406]; Jataiba [1406]; Jatoba [1406]; Jutahy [1406]; Locust [1406]; Nazareno [1406]; Pampa Estoraque [1406]; Simiri [1406]; South American Locust [2023]; Stinking Tree [2]; Timbary [1406]; Trapuca [1406]; West Indian Locust [1902, 2023]; West Indian Locust Tree [2]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ivory Coast (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [106]; Uganda (I) [106]
  Asia
China (I) [3408]; Guangdong [3408]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (N) [3001]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3001]; Philippines (I) [2996]; Sabah (N) [3001]; Singapore (I) [3011]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Taiwan (I) [3408]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056, 1102, 1222, 1233, 1397, 1405, 1406, 1409, 1430, 1442, 1470, 1606, 1645]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242, 1405, 1406, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1222, 1367, 1397, 1405, 1406, 1658, 2416]; El Salvador (U) [1405, 1406, 1645]; Guatemala (U) [1405, 1406, 1645]; Honduras (U) [1405, 1406]; Mexico (N) [2996]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1397, 1406, 1470]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1188, 1406, 1470]; Nicaragua (U) [1405, 1406]; Panama (N) [1222, 1224, 1405, 1406, 1606, 1645, 2416]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  South America
Bolivia (U) [1397, 1405, 1406]; Brazil (U) [1056, 1222, 1233, 1397, 1405, 1406, 1414, 1430, 1442]; Colombia (U) [1397, 1405, 1406, 1442]; French Guiana (U) [1405, 1406, 1408]; Guyana (U) [1405, 1406]; Paraguay (U) [1222, 1397]; Peru (U) [1222, 1397, 1442]; Surinam (U) [1405, 1406]; Venezuela (U) [1397, 1405, 1406]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [106];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1406, 2023, 2996, 3001, 3402, 3408, 3898] ; Distribution Map [1406] ; Illustration [1406, 2996, 3408]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3011] [3052] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [3011] [3052] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3011] [3052] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novos

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2, 1406, 2023]; Domestic [3011]; Wood [1406, 2023, 2996]

  
NOTES:
  Presence on Mauritius & Reunion not confirmed by Polhill (1990). [1915]
  Native of America. [3898]
  Mentioned by Dequaire as existing in the Jardin d'Etat, Reunion. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2.

  Dale, I.R., 1953
    A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1188.

  Cowan, C.P., 1983
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 1:47-61 Flora de Tabasco

1222.

  Croat, T.B., 1978
    Stanford Univ. Press Fl. Barro Colorado Island

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1397.

  Langenheim, J.H., 1967
    J.Arnold Arbor.48(3):203-227..Hymenaea courbaril-Resin..

1405.

  Lee, Y.T. & Langenheim, J.H., 1974
    J.Arnold Arbor.55(3):441-452 New Taxa Combinations Hymenaea

1406.

  Lee, Y.T. & Langenheim, J.H., 1975
    Univ.Calif.Publ.Bot 69:1-109 Systematics of Hymenaea L.

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2416.

  McHargue, L., 1995
    Personal Communication (report of January 1995)

2996.

  DeGuzman, Umali & Sotalbo, 1986
    Guide to Philippine Flora & Fauna 3:199-230. Philippines.

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3408.

  Wei, C.F., 1988
    Cercis &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
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