Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poiret)DC.

Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poiret)DC.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Lonchocarpus Kunth
Tribe: Millettieae
References: [1516][1470][1290][1250][1056][212]

Other names:

Derris sericea (Poiret)Ducke [Synonym]
Lonchocarpus cruentus Lundell [Synonym] [1250]
Lonchocarpus pyxidarius DC. [Synonym] [1250]
Robinia sericea Poiret [Synonym] [1056][1250][1470]

Common Names:

Garrapato [1292]
Juimai [1639]
Jumay [1639]
Jumayo [1639]
Savonnette Poilue [1290]
Savonnette-riviŠre [1290]
Vainillo [1639]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Tree
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [14] [230]
Medicine [14]
Toxins [230]
Wood [14]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa
- Angola-ISO [212]
- Benin [212]
- Cameroon [212]
- Equatorial Guinea-ISO [212]
- Gabon [8]
- Gambia The [212]
- Ghana [212]
- Guinea [212]
- Guinea Bissau [212]
- Ivory Coast [212]
- Liberia [212]
- Nigeria [212]
- Sao Tome & Principe [212]
- Senegal [212]
- Sierra Leone [212]
- South Africa [8]
- Togo [8]
- Zaire [230]

Asia [1914]
- India-ISO [1914]

Australasia [1914]
- Papua New Guinea [1914]

Caribbean [1056] [1250] [1290] [1470] [1516] [1639]
- Cuba [1516]
- Grenada [1056]
- Guadeloupe [1290]
- Jamaica [1056]
- Martinique [1290] [1516]
- Puerto Rico [1516]
- Trinidad & Tobago [1056] [1516]

Central America [1056] [1224] [1250] [1470] [1516] [1639]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1056] [1250] [1516] [1639]
- Mexico(South East) [1056] [1250] [1516] [1639]
- Panama [1224] [1250]

Pacific Ocean [2264]
- Fiji [2264]

South America [212] [1516]
- Brazil [1516]
- Colombia [1516]

Notes:

Incorrectly reported (Dale,ref.2) as intro. Uganda (FTEA, ref.210).
Treated by Sousa (1987) with 2 varieties: sericeus & palmeri [1639]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:04:51