Eschweilera decolorans Sandwith

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 495

[702] Eschweilera decolorans Sandwith

( Fig. 29B )

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932 (5): 214 [27 June 1932] ( Sandwith 1932). — Chytroma decolorans (Sandwith) R.Knuth, Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.219a (Heft 105): 79 [22 Aug. 1939] (Knuth 1939).

Eschweilera sandwithiana A.C.Sm. & Beard, J. Arnold Arbor. 27 (3): 310 [15 July 1946] (Smith & Beard 1946).

NOTE. — Hyperdominant in Amazonia ( ter Steege et al. 2020) .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Ka: ulana elepalɨ • Nt: baaka luabi • Br: ripeiro.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 42 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.-F. Molino & D. Sabatier 1725.

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 386 trees in 90 plots; Fmax = 4.7 %; dbhinv = 69.6 cm.

Figures

FIG. 29. — Lecythidaceae: A, Eschweilera alata A.C.Sm. (M.-F. Prévost & D. Sabatier 4615); B, Eschweilera decolorans Sandwith (M.-F. Prévost 4214); C, Eschweilera pedicellata (Rich.) S.A.Mori (M.-F. Prévost 4257); D, Lecythis persistens Sagot subsp. aurantiaca S.A.Mori (D. Sabatier et al. 4404). A-C, © M.-F. Prévost/ IRD; D, © J.-F. Molino/IRD.