Cannon-ball tree
Couroupita guianensis, flower
Conservation status
Least concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Lecythidaceae Genus: Couroupita Species: C. guianensis
Binomial name
Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

The Cannon-ball Tree (Couroupita guianensis) is an evergreen tree allied to the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa), native of tropical northern South America, tropical America and the southern Caribbean. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 73 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Cannon-ball tree ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn2. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ... Genera Abdulmajidia Allantoma Barringtonia Bertholletia Careya Cariniana Couratari Couroupita Foetidia Grias Gustavia Lecythis Napoleonaea The Lecythidaceae is a family of about 20 genera and 250-300 species woody plants native to tropical South America and Madagascar. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet[1] (1720–1778) was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Binomial name Bertholletia excelsa Humb. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... West Indian redirects here. ...

Couroupita guianensis, fruits and flowers

It grows to 30-35m tall, with leaves in whorls on the ends of the shoots. The flowers, which are borne only on special stems on the main trunk, are orange, scarlet or pink forming racemes up to 3m long. They mature into large spherical woody fruit 15-24 cm diameter, containing numerous (200-300) seeds. The pulp of the fruits oxidizes bluish, and has an unpleasant smell. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x950, 145 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Cannon-ball tree ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x950, 145 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Cannon-ball tree ... “Foliage” redirects here. ... Look up whorl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... A ripe red jalapeño cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...

Like coconut palms, the trees should not be planted near paths or near traffic filled areas, as the heavy nut is known to fall without notice. Binomial name Cocos nucifera L.. The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.), is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). ...

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Grown extensively in temples in India, it is called the 'nagalingam' tree in Tamil. It is considered a sacred tree among Hindus because the flower resembles a nagam or a sacred snake on the shiva lingam. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... A Linga. ...

References

• Mitré (1998). Couroupita guianensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 06 May 2006.