Cariniana

Trees. Leaves simple, alternate, small to medium-sized (3-16 cm long). Inflorescences terminal or axillary, consisting of racemes or once-branched paniculate arrangements of racemes. Flowers present with the leaves, zygomorphic. Sepals 6. Petals 6, flat at the apex. Androecium forming a short, membranous tube, prolonged on one side into a ligule but hood not developed, the stamens scattered over the inner surface of the tube, not reflexed; anthers laterally dehiscent. Ovary 3-locular; ovules c. 6 per locule. Fruit dehiscent, remaining on tree at maturity, cylindric, woody. Seeds winged on one side, numerous.

Cariniana is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. The entire genus is native to South America. Many are of importance for timber production. Species of this genus may be known commonly as jequitibá.

Species Cariniana domestica - Brazil, Bolivia Cariniana estrellensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru Cariniana ianeirensis - Brazil, Bolivia Cariniana legalis - E Brazil Cariniana micrantha - W Brazil Cariniana parvifolia - Espírito Santo, Brazil Cariniana penduliflora - Rondônia, Brazil Cariniana pyriformis - Colombia, Venezuela Cariniana rubra - Brazil Formerly included

(moved to other genera: Allantoma, Couratari)

C. decandra - Allantoma decandra C. integrifolia - Allantoma integrifolia C. kuhlmannii - Allantoma kuhlmannii C. multiflora - Allantoma pluriflora C. pachyantha - Allantoma pachyantha C. paraensis - Couratari guianensis C. pauciramosa - Allantoma pauciramosa C. uaupensis - Allantoma uaupensis