Cariniana legalis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status_system = IUCN2.3

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|species = legalis

|authority = (Martius) Kuntze

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Cariniana legalis is a species of emergent rainforest tree in the Monkeypot family Lecythidaceae. It is found in the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil, where is known as jequitibá-branco or jequitibá-rosa, and possibly found in Colombia, and Venezuela. These trees can be very large. A C. legalis measured by botanical explorer David Fairchild was {{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} in circumference with no buttresses at six feet (two meters) above ground.{{cite journal| last= Fairchild | first= David G. | date= May 1901| title= Coffee Growing in Brazil and the Giant Jequitiba Trees | journal= Botanical Gazette | volume= 31 | issue= 5 | pages= 353–354}}

One of the biggest trees in the Atlantic Forest, there are some old trees in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro and near Petrópolis. One of these trees is more than 3 000 years old.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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{{Cite journal | author = Americas Regional Workshop | others = Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996 | title = Cariniana legalis | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 1998 | page = e.T34747A9887065 | publisher = IUCN | date = 1998 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/34747/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34747A9887065.en | access-date = 20 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

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Gallery

File:Jequitibá-rosa.jpg|Jequitibá-rosa in the Botanical Garden of São Paulo.

File:Jequitibabotanico.jpg|Same tree, from another angle.

File:Jequitibaaclimacao.jpg|Jequitibá-rosa in the Aclimação Park, São Paulo.

File:Mauroejequitiba.jpg|Giant Jequitibá-rosa estimated to be 3000 years old, in the Vassununga State Park, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro.

File:Jequitiba.jpg|Canopy of the same tree in Vassununga State Park.

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legalis

Category:Flora of Brazil

Category:Vulnerable plants

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Symbols of São Paulo

Category:Symbols of Espírito Santo

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