Couratari is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1775.[2][3] They are native to tropical South America and Central America.[1]
They are large trees, often rising above the rainforest canopy. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, elliptical, up to 15 cm long, with a serrate to serrulate margin. Vernation lines parallel to the midvein are often visible - a very unusual characteristic. The fruit is 6–15 cm long, and roughly conical. A central plug drops out at maturity, releasing the winged seeds to be dispersed by wind. The fruit of Cariniana may be distinguished from those of Couratari, as the former have longitudinal ridges, whereas the latter bears a single calyx-derived ring near the fruit apex.[4][5]
Couratari is a genus of trees in the family Lecythidaceae, first described as a genus in 1775. They are native to tropical South America and Central America.
Couratari sp. - MHNT They are large trees, often rising above the rainforest canopy. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, elliptical, up to 15 cm long, with a serrate to serrulate margin. Vernation lines parallel to the midvein are often visible - a very unusual characteristic. The fruit is 6–15 cm long, and roughly conical. A central plug drops out at maturity, releasing the winged seeds to be dispersed by wind. The fruit of Cariniana may be distinguished from those of Couratari, as the former have longitudinal ridges, whereas the latter bears a single calyx-derived ring near the fruit apex.
Species Couratari asterophora - Bahia Couratari asterotricha - Espírito Santo Couratari atrovinosa - Amazonas Couratari calycina - Guyana, French Guiana Couratari gloriosa - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname Couratari guianensis - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Amapá, Pará Couratari longipedicellata - Amazonas Couratari macrosperma - Southern Peru, Pando, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Espírito Santo, Bahia, Mato Grosso Couratari multiflora - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Maranhão, Bolívar, Mérida, Delta Amacuro Couratari oblongifolia Ducke & R.Knuth - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Pará, Goiás, Maranhão, Roraima Couratari oligantha - Guyana, Vaupés, Peru, Amazonas, Amazonas, Amapá Couratari prancei - Acre Couratari pyramidata - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro Couratari riparia - Guyana Couratari sandwithii - Bolívar, Suriname Couratari scottmorii - Costa Rica, Panama Couratari stellata - Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Amazonas, Amazonas, Pará, Vaupés, Couratari tauari - Amazonas, Pará Couratari tenuicarpa - Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Bolívar, Loreto, Suriname
