Guarea

Genus of plants

Guarea

Guarea guidonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Sapindales
Family:  | Meliaceae
Subfamily:  | Melioideae
Genus:  | Guarea
F. Allam ex L.
Species

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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.[1] 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.

## Species

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Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2019:[2]

* Guarea aguilarii Al.Rodr.
* Guarea anomala T.D.Penn.
* Guarea bijuga C.DC.
* Guarea blanchetii C.DC.
* Guarea bullata Radlk.
* Guarea carapoides Harms
* Guarea carinata Ducke
* Guarea cartaguenya Cuatrec.
* Guarea casimiriana Harms
* Guarea caulobotrys Cuatrec. (also spelt caulobotryis)
* Guarea chiricana Standl.
* Guarea cinnamomea Harms
* Guarea constricta Al.Rodr.
* Guarea convergens T.D.Penn.
* Guarea corrugata Cuatrec.
* Guarea corticosa Al.Rodr.
* Guarea costata A.Juss.
* Guarea crispa T.D.Penn.
* Guarea cristata T.D.Penn.
* Guarea donnell-smithii C.DC.
* Guarea ecuadoriensis W.Palacios
* Guarea eriorhachis Harms
* Guarea fissicalyx Harms
* Guarea fistulosa W.Palacios
* Guarea gentryi Coronado
* Guarea glabra Vahl
* Guarea gomma Pulle
* Guarea gracilis T.D.Penn.
* Guarea grossa T.D.Penn.
* Guarea guentheri Harms
* Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer
* Guarea hoffmanniana C.DC.
* Guarea humaitensis T.D.Penn.
* Guarea inesiana Al.Rodr.
* Guarea jamaicensis Proctor
* Guarea juglandiformis T.D.Penn.
* Guarea kunthiana A.Juss.
* Guarea lozanoi Morales-P.
* Guarea luxii C.DC.
* Guarea macrocalyx Al.Rodr.
* Guarea macrophylla Vahl
* Guarea megacostata T.D.Penn.
* Guarea megantha A.Juss.
* Guarea mexicana Coronado
* Guarea michel-moddei T.D.Penn. & S.A.Mori
* Guarea pendula R.da Silva Ramalho, A.L.Pinheiro & T.D.Penn.
* Guarea persistens W.Palacios
* Guarea polymera Little
* Guarea pterorhachis Harms
* Guarea pubescens (Rich.) A.Juss.
* Guarea purusana C.DC.
* Guarea pyriformis T.D.Penn.
* Guarea reticulatovenosa T.D.Penn.
* Guarea rhopalocarpa Radlk.
* Guarea riparia W.Palacios
* Guarea scabra A.Juss.
* Guarea silvatica C.DC.
* Guarea sphenophylla Urb.
* Guarea sprucei C.DC.
* Guarea subandina W.Palacios
* Guarea subsessilifolia Al.Rodr.
* Guarea tafae-malekui Al.Rodr.
* Guarea talamancana Gómez-Laur. & Valerio
* Guarea tonduzii C.DC.
* Guarea trunciflora C.DC.
* Guarea velutina A.Juss.
* Guarea venenata T.D.Penn.
* Guarea zarceroensis Coronado
* Guarea zepivae T.D.Penn.

## Uses

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The timber is important; the African species are known as bossé, guarea, or pink mahogany, and the South American species as cramantee or American muskwood. It is said to possibly cause hallucinations if ingested.[3]

Corinthos sculpture in guarea wood by Barbara Hepworth at Tate Liverpool[4]

The wood can be used for sculpture and was favoured by the British 20th century sculptor Barbara Hepworth.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Pennington, T. D.; Styles, B. T. (1975). "A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae". Blumea. 22: 419–540.
2. ^ "Guarea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
3. ^ McGuire, Kim (5 May 2009). "Scientists get dirt on mystery plant". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
4. ^ a b "Corinthos 1954–5". UK: Tate Gallery. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

Taxon identifiers

Guarea|

* Wikidata: Q3307770
* Wikispecies: Guarea
* APDB: 191094
* BOLD: 194801
* CoL: 4RDC
* EPPO: 1GURG
* FNA: 114141
* GBIF: 3190499
* GRIN: 5189
* iNaturalist: 83921
* IPNI: 331634-2
* IRMNG: 1106665
* ITIS: 29017
* NCBI: 43908
* Open Tree of Life: 815287
* PLANTS: GUARE
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331634-2
* Tropicos: 40017950
* WFO: wfo-4000016309

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