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Lecythidaceae
Cariniana ianeirensis R. Knuth
Nomenclature
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Genus: Cariniana
SUMMARY
Canopy to emergent trees in undisturbed forests, to 37 m tall x 13 cn dbh (Justiniano & Fredericksen, 1999). Trunk cylindric, sometimes with poorly developed thick buttresses and/or running buttresses. Bark usually with at least shallow fissures in adults, gray, the inner bark reddish. Stems glabrescent when young, at first green, than gray, with few lenticels. Leaves: petioles 12-17 mm long, not winged, terete: blades ovate to elliptic, 5.5-9 x 2.3-5 cm, the base cuneate, slightly unequal, narrowly decurrent onto petiole, the margins crenate, the apex acuminate, the acumen 1-1.5 cm long, straight; midrib prominulous adaxially, prominent abaxially, glabrous, the secondary veins in 12-15 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, without domatia at junction with midrib. Inflorescences terminal, racemes, the rachis 3.0-6.0 cm long, glabrous; pedicels ca 1 mm long, glabrous. Flowers: calyx-lobes 3-4 mm long, broadly ovate, glabrous, green or reddish, the margins hyaline in fresh flowers; petals obovate, 10-15 mm long, white or yellowish-white; androecium with staminal tube ca. 4 mm diam. at base, the ligule well developed, the stamens ca. 150, on short filaments inserted throughout entire inner surface of staminal tube, the inside base of the androecial tube with a wine-colored spot; ovary 3-locular, the style short. Fruits nearly cylindrical but tapered at both ends, especially at base, 11-14 x 4-5 cm., the pericarp ca. 6 mm thick, densely, white lenticellate, the calycine ring scarcely visible, the operculum rounded, the opercular rim without teeth. Seeds 6-33 per fruit, including wing 3.5-8.5 x 1-2 cm (Justiniano & Fredericksen, 1999), the side against columella flat, the other side rounded, narrowly carinate.