Fabaceae
Pentaclethra

Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze

First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 201 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nicaragua to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • da Silva e Silva, W.L., Cajueiro Gurgel, E.S., Moreira dos Santos, J.U. & Falcão da Silva, M. (2013). Inventário e distribuição geográfica de Leguminosae no arquipélago de Marajó, PA, Brazil. Hoehnea 40: 627-647.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Nombres comunes de las plantas de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/es/
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Ducke, A. (1949). Bol. Tecn. Inst. Agron. N. 18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama
  • Janzen, D. H. (Ed.) (1983). Costa Rican Natural History:301-303
  • Stevens, W. D., et al. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua, 85(2)... Missouri Bot. Gard. Press
  • Wiersema, J. H. et al. (1990). Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull. 1757
  • Zamora, N. V. (1991). Brenesia 36:63-149. Tratamiento ... Mimosaceae de Costa Rica
  • van Roosmalen, M. G. M. (1985). Fruits of the Guianan Flora

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 13, 2015 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [8113] Brazil K000849127 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Boyle, B.; et al. [6720] Costa Rica K000926543 Yes
Oct 1, 1992 Glaziou, A. [13764] Brazil K000849158 Yes
Oct 1, 1992 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [50337] Brazil K000849159 Yes
Oct 1, 1992 Glaziou [9780] Brazil K000849161 Yes
Oct 1, 1992 Archer, W.A. [8093] Brazil K000849160 Yes
Oct 1, 1992 Ducke [443] Brazil K000849164 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Spruce, R. [254] Brazil K000504636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Burchell [9871] Brazil K000504631 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Beck, H.T.; Tavares, A.S.; Cardoso, J. [220] Brazil K000849169 Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Schomburgk [498] Guyana K000504639 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Schomburgk [498] Guyana K000504638 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Cooper, G.P. [430] Panama K000966225 No
Jan 1, 1992 Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000504634 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Reidel [642] Brazil K000504637 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Burchell [9331] Brazil K000504633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 unknown [50] Brazil K000504635 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Burchell [9380] Brazil K000504632 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1990 Solano, J. [120] Costa Rica K000926546 No
Oct 1, 1990 Acevedo, D. [66] Costa Rica K000926548 No
Jan 1, 1986 Hopkins, M.J.G.; Rodrigues, K.F.; Silva, E.S.; Lima, R.P.; Oliveira, J.G.; Lowy, B. [877] Brazil K000849167 Yes
Jun 20, 1983 Silva, N.T. [1225] Brazil K000849166 Yes
Jan 20, 1983 Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Buck, W.R.; Nelson, B.W.; Almeida, F.; Mota, C.D.A.; Lima, J. [76] Brazil K000849171 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Rabelo, B.; Non, R. [676] Brazil K000849170 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Paula, J..E.; Albuquerque, B.W.; Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10453] Brazil K000849163 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9085] Brazil K000849162 Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Irwin, H.S. [48799] Brazil K000849165 Yes
Donnel Smith, J. [6492] Costa Rica K000926542 No
Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1782] Brazil K000849168 Yes
MACQUEEN, D.J. [106] Costa Rica K000926547 No
MACQUEEN, D.J.; Macqueen, A. [611] Costa Rica K000926544 No
Lewis, W.H.; et al. [2795] Panama K000966226 No

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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