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Guarea

Plants

Family: Meliaceae

82 species in the Library

About

Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs in the family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. At their largest, they are large trees 20–45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet present. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with 4–5 yellowish petals. The fruit is a four or five-valved capsule, containing several seeds, each surrounded by a yellow-orange fleshy aril; the seeds are dispersed by hornbills and monkeys which eat the aril.

Summary from Wikipedia

Guarea aguilarii

Guarea aguilarii

Guarea amyris

Guarea amyris

Guarea anomala

Guarea anomala

Guarea bijuga

Guarea bijuga

Guarea blanchetii

Guarea blanchetii

Guarea carapoides

Guarea carapoides

Guarea carinata

Guarea carinata

Guarea cartaguenya

Guarea cartaguenya

Guarea casimiriana

Guarea casimiriana

Guarea cauliracemosa

Guarea cauliracemosa

Guarea caulobotrys

Guarea caulobotrys

Guarea cedrata

Guarea cedrata

Guarea cedrata

Guarea ciliata

Guarea ciliata

Guarea cinnamomea

Guarea cinnamomea

Guarea constricta

Guarea constricta

Guarea convergens

Guarea convergens

Guarea corrugata

Guarea corrugata

Guarea corticosa

Guarea corticosa

Guarea costata

Guarea costata

Guarea crispa

Guarea crispa

Guarea cristata

Guarea cristata

Guarea cristata

Guarea ecuadoriensis

Guarea ecuadoriensis

Guarea eriorhachis

Guarea eriorhachis

Guarea fistulosa

Guarea fistulosa

Guarea gentryi

Guarea gentryi

Guarea glabra

Guarea glabra

Guarea goladhara

Guarea goladhara

Guarea gomma

Guarea gomma

Guarea gracilis

Guarea gracilis

Guarea grossa

Guarea grossa

Guarea guentheri

Guarea guentheri

Guarea guidonia

Guarea guidonia

Guarea guidonia

Guarea hoffmanniana

Guarea hoffmanniana

Guarea humaitensis

Guarea humaitensis

Guarea inesiana

Guarea inesiana

Guarea jamaicensis

Guarea jamaicensis

Guarea juglandiformis

Guarea juglandiformis

Guarea kennedyi

Guarea kennedyi

Guarea kunthiana

Guarea kunthiana

Guarea longifolia

Guarea longifolia

Guarea lozanii

Guarea lozanii

Guarea lozanoi

Guarea lozanoi

Guarea luciae

Guarea luciae

Guarea luxii

Guarea luxii

Guarea macrocalyx

Guarea macrocalyx

Guarea macropetala

Guarea macropetala

Guarea macropetala

Guarea macrophylla

Guarea macrophylla

Guarea mayombensis

Guarea mayombensis

Guarea megacostata

Guarea megacostata

Guarea megantha

Guarea megantha

Guarea mexicana

Guarea mexicana

Guarea michel-moddei

Guarea michel-moddei

Guarea pendula

Guarea pendula

Guarea persistens

Guarea persistens

Guarea pilosa

Guarea pilosa

Guarea polymera

Guarea polymera

Guarea pterorhachis

Guarea pterorhachis

Guarea pubescens

Guarea pubescens

Guarea purgans

Guarea purgans

Guarea purusana

Guarea purusana

Guarea pyriformis

Guarea pyriformis

Guarea quadrangularis

Guarea quadrangularis

Guarea reticulatovenosa

Guarea reticulatovenosa

Guarea rhopalocarpa

Guarea rhopalocarpa

Guarea riparia

Guarea riparia

Guarea scabra

Guarea scabra

Guarea silvatica

Guarea silvatica

Guarea sphenophylla

Guarea sphenophylla

Guarea sprucei

Guarea sprucei

Guarea subandina

Guarea subandina

Guarea suberosa

Guarea suberosa

Guarea subsessilifolia

Guarea subsessilifolia

Guarea subsetulosa

Guarea subsetulosa

Guarea tafae-malekui

Guarea tafae-malekui

Guarea talamancana

Guarea talamancana

Guarea tonduzii

Guarea tonduzii

Guarea trunciflora

Guarea trunciflora

Guarea tuerckheimii

Guarea tuerckheimii

Guarea velutina

Guarea velutina

Guarea velutina

Guarea venenata

Guarea venenata

Guarea zarceroensis

Guarea zarceroensis

Guarea zepivae

Guarea zepivae