Caryocaraceae
Encyclopedia
Caryocaraceae is a family of flowering plant
s consisting of two genera and about 25 species. The family is exclusively neotropical.
Caryocar
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s consisting of two genera and about 25 species. The family is exclusively neotropical.
Species
AnthodiscusAnthodiscus
Anthodiscus is a genus of plant in family Caryocaraceae.Species include:* Anthodiscus chocoensis, Prance* Anthodiscus montanus, Gleason* Anthodiscus pilosusA. pilosus is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca....
- Anthodiscus obovatus Benth. ex Wittm.
- Anthodiscus pilosus Ducke
Caryocar
Caryocar
Caryocar is a genus of flowering plants, in the South American family Caryocaraceae. There are 15 species in this genus, all trees that yield a strong timber. Eight species within the genus Caryocar have edible fruits, called souari-nuts or sawarri-nuts. The most well-known species is probably...
- Caryocar amygdaliferumCaryocar amygdaliferumCaryocar amygdaliferum is a plant native to the rain forests of the Choco region of Colombia and Panama. Its fruit consists of a spiny husk inside which a seed about three times the size of an almond develops. It has been used for similar purpose as the almond and was traded as a luxury item among...
Mutis - Caryocar barbinerve Miq. (BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
: BahiaBahiaBahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
) - Caryocar brasilienseCaryocar brasilienseCaryocar brasiliense, known as Pequi or "souari nut", like its congeners, is an edible fruit popular in some areas of Brazil, especially in Brazil's center-west region....
Cambess. (BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) - Caryocar coriaceumCaryocar coriaceumCaryocar coriaceum is a species of plant in the Caryocaraceae family. It is endemic to Brazil.-Sources:* Prado, D. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....
Wittm. - Caryocar costaricenseCaryocar costaricenseCaryocar costaricense is a species of plant in the Caryocaraceae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Donn. Sm. (Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
) - Caryocar cuneatum Wittm.
- Caryocar edule Casar.
- Caryocar glabrum Pers.
- Caryocar intermedium Wittm.
- Caryocar nuciferumCaryocar nuciferumCaryocar nuciferum, the Butter-nut of Guiana, is also known as Pekea-nut, or – like all other species of Caryocar with edible nuts – "souari-nut" or "sawarri-nut". It is a fruit tree native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela.It grows up to 35 m, in...
L. - Butter-nut (ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) - Caryocar microcarpum Ducke
- Caryocar montanum (GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
) - Caryocar tomentosum Willd.
- Caryocar villosum (Aubl.) Pers.