Symphonia globulifera

Symphonia globulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Clusiaceae
Subfamily:	Clusioideae
Tribe:	Symphonieae
Genus:	Symphonia
Species:	S. globulifera
Binomial name
Symphonia globulifera L.f.
Synonyms
Symphonia gabonensis (Vesque) Pierre Symphonia microphyllaR.E. Schult. Symphonia utilissimaR.E. Schult. Moronobea coccinea Aubl. Moronobea globulifera (L.f) Schltdl. Sources:[1][2][3][4]

Symphonia globulifera is a timber tree native to Central America, South America and Africa. This plant is also used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant.

Common names

Common trade names of the wood of the Symphonia globulifera are: Chewstick, Chestick, Manni, and Árbol de Leche Maria.

Distribution

Native

Neotropic

Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Caribbean: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, St. Lucia

Northern South America: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Brazil: Brazil

Western South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador

Afrotropic

East Tropical Africa: Burundi, Uganda

West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, Principe, Zaire

West Tropical Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

South Tropical Africa: Angola

References

1. "Symphonia globulifera L.f. record n° 8167" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
2. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1987-02-20). "Taxon: Symphonia globulifera L. f." (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
3. "Symphonia globulifera L. f." (HTML). Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
4. "Symphonia globulifera L.f." (HTML). Classificação segundo a Flora brasiliensis. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

See also

• List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil

External links

• "Symphonia globulifera" (HTML). La Selva Digital Flora. Estación Biológica La Selva. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
• "Symphonia globulifera Linn. f." (HTML). Linnean herbarium (S-LINN). Swedish Museum of Natural History. 2002-04-23. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
• FOURNIER, L.A. "Symphonia globulifera". Species Descriptions. Universidad de Costa Rica. Archived from the original (HTML) on January 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-05-12.