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Brugmansia (suaveolens ?), flowers and elongate seed pod.. Note the yellow tips before maturity. Datura fastuosa, double purple flowers with white inside and round purple dotted seed pods. |
Suely Nunes da Silva , artist and member of COA (Clube de Observdores de Aves) who painted the water-color at left. |
SEED LIST 28 July 97 from Brasil
Species Common Name Family
Allamanda cathartica allamanda Apocynoceae
Anacardium occidentale cashew, cajú Anacardiaceae
Astronium fraxinifolium gonçalo Anacardiacea
Myracrodruon urundeu va? aroeira Anacardiacea
Schinus terebinthifolius aroeira-verrnelha Anacardiaceae
Spondias purpurea* seriguela (ciriguela) Anacardiaceae
Spondias tuberosa* umbu Anarcadiaceae
Annona squamosa* fruta de Conde Annonaceae
Anona cacans corticao Annonaceae
Aspidosperrna cylindrocarpon peroba-poca Apocynaceae
Araucaria angustifolia pinheiro brasileiro Araucariaceae
Cybistax antisyphilitica ipê verde Bignoniaceae
Jacaranda cuspidifolia jacarandá rosa Bignoniaceae
Paratecoma peroba ipêrajado Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia alba ipê-da serra Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia cassinoides caixeta Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia chrysotricha ipê amarelo Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia dura ipê-branco-do-brejo Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia inpetiginosa ipe-roxo Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia ochracea ipê-do-campo amarelo Bignoniaceae
Bixa orelana**** urucum Bixacea
Chorisia speciosa paineira Bombacaceae
Pachira aquatica castanheira-do-brejo Bombacaceae
Ceiba pentandra paina-lisa Bombacaceae
Almecega cachnieciga almecegueira Burseraceae
Caryocar brasiliense pequí (Souari nut) Caryocaraceae
Terminalia argentea capitão-do campo Combretaceae
Gochnatia polymorpha candeia Compositae
Hevea brasiliensis seringueira Euphorbiaceae
Joannesia princeps cutieira Euphorbiacea
Calophylluj brasiliensis jacareuba (Amazonia) Guttiferae
Rheeda gardneriana* bacupari Guttiferae
Kielmeyera variabilis pau-santo Guttiferae
Lecythis pisonis sapucaia Lecythidaceae
Carapa guianensis andiroba Meliaceae missing
Cedrela fissilis cedro-rosa Meliaceae
Swietenia macrophylla mogno (mahogany) Meliaceae
Trichilia hirta (?) carrapeta Meliaceae
Ficus organesis gameleira Moraceae
(Morus?) amora nativa Moraceae
Ravenala sp. travelers "palm" Musaceae
Myrcianthes pungens guabiju/guabiroba Myrtaceae
Psidium cattleianum* araca Myrtaceae
Rapanea guianensis capororocca Myrsinaceae
Acromia aculeata macaiba Palmae
Syagrus romanzoffiana teriva Palmae
Passifiora laurifolia passion fruit, maracuja Passifloraceae
Triplaris brasiliana pau-formiga Polygonaceae
Balfourodendron riedelianum pau-marfim Rutaceae
Matayba elaeagnoides camboata Sapindaceae
Talisia esculenta* pitomba Sapindaceae
Paullinia cupsana*** guaraná Sapindaceae
Sapindus saponaria fruta-de-sabão Sapindaceae
Brugmansia suaveolens (white) bela dona Solanaceae
Datura fastuosa [beautiful purple (white inside)
double flower] Solanaceae
Datura sp?? (not attractive) [small white flower & plant] Solan.
Solanum lycocarpum fruta-de- lobo Solanaceae
Guazuma ulmifolia mutamba Sterculiaceae
Lueha grandiflora acoita-cavalo Tiliaceae
Arachis pintoipterodon sp? or
Pterodon pubscens? faveiro Leguminoseae
Canavalia aff. palmeri inga (vine) Leguminosae
Delonix regia flamboyant (yellow flower) Legum.
Delonix regia flamboyant (red or orange) Legum..
Enterolobium contortisiliquum tamboril Leguminoseae
Tamindus indica tamarindo Leguminoseae
Cassia fistula goldenshower (not native) Leguminoseae
Bauhinia sp? white bauhinia; pata-de-vaca Caesalpinoideae
Bauhinia sp? purple bauhinia; pata de vaca Caesalpinoideae
Caesalpinia ferrea pau-ferro; black seed Caesalpinoideae
Caesalpinia ferrea pau-ferro; brown seed Caesalpin.
Caesalpinia echinata pau Brasil Caesalpinoideae
Caesalpinia peltophorides sibipiruna Caesalpinoideae
Caesalpinia pulcherrima Jacarandá mirim Caesalpinoideae
Copaifera langsdorf pau dóleo, copaiba Caesalpinoideae
Hymenaea courbaril** jatobá (Courbaril) Caesalpinoideae
Peltophorum dubin farinha-seca Caesalpinoideae
Schizolobium parahyba birosca, guaraparavú Caesalpinoideae
Mucuna sp? Faboideae
Pithecolobium incuriale anjico-rajado Mimosoidae
Plathymenia reticulata vinhatico Mimosoideae
Styphnodendron adstringens barbatimao; carinho-seca Mimosoideae
Aburana cearensis cerejerira Papilionoideae
Centrolobium tomentosum arariba Papilionoidae
Clitoria fairchildiana sombreiro Papilionoidae
Dalbergia miscolobium sapuvussu (seed imitates leaf) Papilionoidae
Dipteryx alata baru Papilionoidae
Erythrina speciosa mulungu do litoral Papilionoidae
Platypodium elegans (Gallesia integrifolia?) Papilionoideae
Platymiscium floribunduna sacambu Papilionoideae
Machaerium aculeatum jacarandá de espinho Papilionoideae
Machaerium stipitatum jacarandá roxo Papilionoideae
Pterodon emarginatus sucupira branca Papilionoidae
Samosia arborea olho-de-cabra Papilionoidae
Plus about 30 unidentified.
Collected and identified (as well as can be expected)
mostly by :
Dr. Wilmer J. Miller
Dept. of Zoology & Genetics
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50014-3645
wjmiller@iastate.edu
References:
Longi, Rubens Alberto, 1995, Livro das Arvores: Arvores
e Arvoreta do Sul Eds L & PM, S.P., Brasil
Lorenzi, Harri 1992, Arvores Brasileiras Manual de
Identificacão e Cultivo de Plantas Arboreas Nativas
do Brasil pp.352 + bibliography and index
[MOST USEFUL ] Editora Plantarum LTDA, Nov.
Odessa, S.P., Brasil 92-0982 CDD-582-160981
Silva, Silvesre 1992? Frutas Brasil Frutas pp.166 English and
Portuguese DPL-LTDA, S. P. Brasil ISBN85-7234-008-4
Pott, Arnildo and Vali J. Pott 1994 Plantas do Pantanal pp.320
ISBN85-85007-36-2 Embrapa-CPAP Corumba, MS, Brasil
[Duratex] (no "author") 1992 Arvores no Brasil pp.119
CDD-582-160981 Camara Brasileira do Livro, S.P., Brasil
Joly, Aylthon Brandao, 1993, 11th ed. Botanica: Introducao a
taxonomia vegetal, Companhia Editora Nacional,
Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil, [good, but seldom gets past the
generic level]
Santos, Eurico, 1987, Nossas Madeiras, pp. 2313 Colco vis mea in
labore, Vol 7, Ed. Itatiaia Limitada, Belo Horizonte, MG.Brasil
Filho, Carlos Vistor Mendonca, 1996, Brauna, Angico, Jacaranda
e Outras leguminosas de mata Atlantica, pp. 99, Ed.
Littera Maciel Ltda.
COMMENTS:
The ipê amarelo and ipê roxo are well loved trees in
Brazil with yellow and purple/pink blossoms profusely blooming
before the leaves return.
The allamanda is not native.
The pequí is a nice tree of the cerrado (savannah). Its
fruit is eaten by many Brazilians, but with care. It has spines if
you eat too far in. It does make the best wine I've found (from
Brazilian fruits).
The mogno (mahogony) makes a reddish hard wood used for furniture.
Our bed was made from mogno. It has a strange seed, winged and
light weight about 5 inches long and very fragile!. The first one
I saw I thought was a piece of plastic from a car!
Triplaris brasiliana or ant tree has a 3-winged seed
nearly 1 inch long. The seed propellers down in an interesting
manner.
Erythrina speciosa has a brilliant red finger sized
blossom spray.
The birosca (also guaraparavú) is one of my favorite
trees with a beautiful double compound leaf canopy against
the sky. The fruit is winged and about 5 inches long. The seed
is flat, oblong, and about 1 inch long.The seed can be used as
a "worry stone" and will polish up nicely in the pocket.
The white Bauhinia seeds are a source of a lectin that
shows polymorphism for the domestic dog. Purple flowered
Bauhinia seeds do not do so. Clitoria fairchildiana has a seed
mimicing that of the Bauhinia which resembles a penny!
Olha de cabra has a red seed with a large jet black
patch. It can be used as the eyes of a doll. It traditionally is
good luck to carry such a seed in ones pocket.
*native fruits much desired by the Bandeirantes and populations
in the countryside:
bacupari-- yellow-orange fruit about hen's egg size.
ciriguela-- pulp is tender, sweet and juicy; fruit is about ½ inch
sized pitomba- "better tasting than cherries"; meaty
white sweet sour pulp; fruit about 3 cm in diameter
umbu-- like a small yellow plum with succulent sweet-sour pulp,
root tubers hold a half pint of perfectly drinkable water.
**Jatobá also is used medicinally and makes a good wine.
***Guaranáis the source of a national drink about equal to
Coca Cola! I like it very much!
****Bixa Orellana--as given in NATIVE PEOPLES Spring 1999
May*June*July p. 12 XAK' : The Savory Secret of Mayan Cooking
..."most widely used ...the red seasoning know as Chak Xak' in
Maya or recado colorado in Spanish... For the ancient Maya, annatto
seeds (achiote) were an important ceremonial offering to the gods.
...The tiny brick-red seeds ...were associated with rain and ...used in
agricultural rites to season foods offered to the gods....painted their
bodies, robes, and ceremonial ceramics with achiote....seeds used as
a form of currency....