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(Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/7/2013)
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Genus
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CARAPA Aubl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Hist. P1. Gui. Fr. Suppl. 32. 1775.
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Synonym
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Persoonia Willd. in L., Sp. PI. ed. 4 [i.e. 5], 2: 331. 1799. Amapa Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 1, 69. 1821. Granatum 0. Ktze., Rev. Gen. P1. 1: 110. 1891.
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Description
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Trees. Leaves alternate, pari- or impari-pinnate; leaflets entire, usually cori- aceous. Inflorescences terminal or axillary. Flowers perfect, 4- to 5-merous; sepals imbricate; petals free, alternate with the sepals; staminal tube cupular or ovoid, 8- to 10-lobate, the lobes cleft or entire; anthers 8-10, sessile within the tube at the base of the sinuses; disk annular, carnose; ovary sessile, 4- to 5-sulcate, 4- to 5-celled; style short; stigma discoid; ovules 2-8 in each cell, biseriate or superposed. Fruit a large capsule, 1- to 5-celled, subglobose or ovoid, ligneous or carnose, the cells 2- to 5-seeded; seeds large,- angulate, without endosperm, the testa corky; radicle lateral.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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Several species are known from tropical America and Africa.
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Note
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The following descriptions and citations have been modified from a manuscript sent to the author by Dr. Hugh Iltis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has been interested in this genus for some years. The use of this material is very much appreciated.
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Key
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a. Flowers sessile; sepals and petals glabrous; developing structures at branch tip glabrous to scurfy- - ......----..--.--..----...----...--1. C. GTUIANENSIS aa. Flowers pedicellate; sepals and petals usually puberulent or tomentose; de- veloping structures at branch tip brown-tomentose - ------------ 2. C. NICARAGUENSIS
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