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Brownea ariza Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Brownea Jacq.

Brownea ariza Benth. [Preferred name]
    Brownea princeps Linden {Synonym}
    Hermesias ariza Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ariza [2344]; Caleno [2344];

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Uganda (I) [106, 2343]
  Asia
India (I) [2343]
  Caribbean
Grenada (I) [2343]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [2343]
  Central America
Panama (N) [2345]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  South America
Colombia (N) [2344]; Venezuela (N) [2345]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 2344, 2345] ; Distribution Map [2344] ; Illustration [261, 2344, 2345]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [106, 2344]; Medicine [2344]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated plants are considered hybrids. [1915]
  Characters of this species are intermediate between B.grandiceps and [1915]
  B.latifolia. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

106.

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

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1697.

  Velasquez, D., 1981
    Thesis-Univ. Central de Venezuela 50 pp. Rev. Brownea Jacq.

1915.

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

2343.

  Quinones, L.M., 1989
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

2344.

  Quinones, L.M., 1988
    Rev.de las Sp. Colombianas de Brownea

2345.

  Velasquez, D. & Agostini, G., 1981
    Revision Sp. Venez. del genero Brownea. Tesis de Grado

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