Cariniana legalis
PlantsFamily: Lecythidaceae · Genus: Cariniana
Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil · cc_by
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Cariniana legalis is a species of emergent rainforest tree in the Monkeypot family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil, where is known as jequitibá-branco or jequitibá-rosa, and possibly found in Colombia, and Venezuela. These trees can be very large. A C. legalis measured by botanical explorer David Fairchild was 62 feet in circumference with no buttresses at six feet above ground.
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