Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Lonchocarpus purpureus Pittier.

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Lonchocarpus purpureus Pittier

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Lonchocarpus Kunth

Lonchocarpus purpureus Pittier [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Cocorocho [1645]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Central America: Guatemala (N) [1516, 1645, 1651]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1516, 1645]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1117.		Breedlove, D.E., 1986
		Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1516.		Pittier, H., 1917
		Contr.U.S.Natl.Herb.20(2):37-93 Middle Amer. Spp.Lonchocarpu

1645.		Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A, 1946
		Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

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