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Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.)Kuntze

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Pentaclethra Benth.

Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.)Kuntze [Preferred name]
    Acacia aspidioides G.Mey. {Synonym}
    Acacia macroloba Willd. {Synonym}
    Cailliea macrostachya Steud. {Synonym}
    Entada werbaena C.Presl {Synonym}
    Mimosa macroloba (Willd.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Pentaclethra brevifila Benth. {Synonym}
    Pentaclethra brevipila Benth. {Orthographic variant}
    Pentaclethra filamentosa Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gavilan [2304, 2332, 3348]; Pracaxi [2159]; Quebracho [3348]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
St Vincent (I) [1790]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [2332, 2333]
  Central America
Costa Rica (N) [1658, 2416]; Guatemala (N) [1614]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1614]; Nicaragua (N) [1658, 3348]; Panama (N) [1224, 1604]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1231, 3348]; Amazonas [1231]; Para [1231]; Roraima [1231]; Colombia (N) [2268, 2332]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Guyana (N) [1231]; Peru (N) [2090]; Surinam (N) [1231]; Venezuela (N) [2332]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1604, 3348] ; Illustration [1604]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-03 Hopkins HF, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Hopkins HF, 2001-03 Hopkins HF ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1231]; Medicine [1231]; Toxins [2334]; Wood [1231]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1224.

  D'Arcy, W.G., 1987
    Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1604.

  Schery, R.W., 1950
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.37(2):184-314 Leguminosae-Mimosoideae

1614.

  Seymour, F.C., 1981
    Phytologia 48(1):1-71 Bipinnate Leguminosae of Nicaragua

1658.

  Standley, P.C., 1937
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.18(2):487-559...Costa Rica

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

2090.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Monogr.Syst.Bot.Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:44-527.Cata.Fl.Pl.Gym

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

2268.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Personal Communication

2304.

  Zamora, N.V., 1991
    Brenesia 36:63-149. Tratamiento ...Mimosaceae de Costa Rica

2332.

  Janzen, D.H.(Ed.), 1983
    Costa Rican Natural History:301-303

2333.

  Williams, R.O., 1931
    Flora of Trinidad & Tobago 1

2334.

  van Roosmalen, M.G.M., 1985
    Fruits of the Guianan Flora

2416.

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

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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