Parinari excelsa

Parinari excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Parinari
Species:	P. excelsa
Binomial name
	Parinari excelsa; Sabine
Synonyms
	Ferolia amazonica Kuntze; Ferolia excelsa (Sabine) Kuntze; Parinari amazonica Mart. ex Hook.f.; Parinari brachystachya Benth.; Parinari elliottii Engl.; Parinari excelsa var. fulvescens Engl.; Parinari excelsa subsp. holstii (Engl.) R.A.Graham; Parinari glazioviana Warm.; Parinari holstii Engl.; Parinari holstii var. longifolia Engl. ex De Wild.; Parinari laxiflora Ducke; Parinari laxiflora var. lata Ducke; Parinari liberica Engl. ex Mildbr.; Parinari mildbraedii Engl.; Parinari nalaensis De Wild.; Parinari riparia R.E.Fr.; Parinari salicifolia Engl.; Parinari silvestris M.Kuhlm.; Parinari tenuifolia A.Chev.; Parinari verdickii De Wild.; Parinari whytei Engl.; Petrocarya excelsa (Sabine) Steud.;

Parinari excelsa, the Guinea plum, is a species of tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It has a very wide distribution in tropical Africa, North America and South America.^[1]^[2]

This species grows to 150–170 feet (46–52 m) tall while its cylindrical bole is 60–90 feet (18–27 m); the trunk is 3–5 feet (0.91–1.52 m) in diameter.^[2]

Description

Parinari excelsa is a large evergreen tree with a rounded or flattened crown, reaching a height of up to 50 m (160 ft). The trunk is cylindrical, or slightly sinuous, usually branchless in its lower half, with large buttresses at the base. The bark is greyish, either rough with warty lenticels, or deeply fissured and peeling away in flakes. The twigs are golden-brown and slightly hairy. The leaves are alternate, simple and entire, with small stipules and short petioles. The leaf blades are leathery, ovate or oblong-elliptical, and measure up to 10 by 5 cm (4 by 2 in). They have rounded bases and tapering apexes; the upper sides are bare but the undersides are densely felted with brown or grey hairs. The inflorescence is a brownish, hairy panicle, about 12 cm (5 in) long, growing at the tip of a shoot or in the axil of a leaf.^[3]

References

^ Grandtner, M.M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 481. ISBN 9780123969545.
^ ^a ^b "Parinari excelsa". Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, WI: USDA Forest Service. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ Lemmens, R.H.M.J.; Louppe, D.; Oteng-Amoako, A.A. Timbers 2. PROTA. pp. 513–516. ISBN 978-92-9081-495-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Parinari excelsa". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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[1] Grandtner, M.M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 481. ISBN 9780123969545.

[:0-2] "Parinari excelsa". Forest Products Laboratory. Madison, WI: USDA Forest Service. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

[Lemmens-3] Lemmens, R.H.M.J.; Louppe, D.; Oteng-Amoako, A.A. Timbers 2. PROTA. pp. 513–516. ISBN 978-92-9081-495-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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