Centrolobium microchaete
| Centrolobium microchaete | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Centrolobium |
| Species: | C. microchaete
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| Binomial name | |
| Centrolobium microchaete (Benth.) H.C.Lima
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| Synonyms | |
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Centrolobium robustum var. microchaete Mart. ex Benth. 1862 | |
Centrolobium microchaete is a species of flowering plant.[1] It was first described by George Bentham, and given its exact name by Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima.[2] Centrolobium microchaete is part of the genus Centrolobium, and the family Fabaceae. This species is distributed in Brazil.[1]
Description
It is a heliophyte tree, large, over 27 m tall and up to 13 dm in trunk diameter, straight, cylindrical; sometimes hollow in the first few meters; cracked bark, longitudinal fissures; asymmetrical crown. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, 13-19-folioles, 6-9 cm long, pinnately veined, yellowish scales on the underside; dark green on the adaxial side.
Annual, synchronous flowering; tiny, yellowish flowers in terminal panicles; persistent calyx with basal glands, 10-stamens (monadelphous), ovary sessile to briefly stipitate, punctate, glandular, 1-3 ovules, curved style. Indehiscent fruit, samaroid, distal wing, 1-2 seeds, acicular spiny chamber; style persistent as a lateral spine; it is three times the size of the chamber, covered with peltate scales. Anemophilous seed dispersal, up to 100 m away; a large quantity of the seed is not viable.
Reflist
- ^ a b "Centrolobium microchaete (Mart. ex Benth.) H.C.Lima". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Centrolobium microchaete (Mart. ex Benth.) H.C.Lima". Plants of the World Online.