MeliaceaeSubfamily Cedreloideae
Subfamily Melioideae
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Guarea kunthiana A. Juss.
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- Common Name: cocora
- Family: Meliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Ecuador
- Habitat: common in mature cloud forests and swamps
- Uses: The juice of the crushed bark of this tree is used in Ecuador in the treatment of malaria. It is also used to treat post-natal depression and reputed to be good for the treatment of asthma.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 200500043
- Source: Tom Lemieux - UC Boulder
- Provenance: Grown from seed - wild collected by Tom Lemieux #2179, B45 18Jan01. UC-Boulder# 01.052
- Accession Date: 06-16-2005
- Bench: 1206 - S Bed
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-08-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Sapindales
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- Family: Meliaceae
- SubFamily: Melioideae
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References:Fisher, J.B., Su n and Shade Effects on the Leaf of Guarea (Meliaceae): Plasticity of a Branch Analogue, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 147, No. 1. (Mar.,1986), pp. 84-89. (JSTOR archive - subscription required) Skutch, A.F., A Compound Leaf with Annual Increments of Growth, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 73, No. 6. (Nov. - Dec., 1946), pp. 542-546. (JSTOR archive - subscription required) Steingraeber, D.A.; Fisher, J.B. Indeterminate Growth of Leaves in Guarea (Meliaceae): A Twig Analogue, American Journal of Botany, Vol. 73, No. 6. (Jun., 1986), pp. 852-862.(JSTOR archive - subscription required) Wenny, D.G., Tw o-Stage Dispersal of Guarea glabra and G. kunthiana (Meliaceae) in Monteverde, Costa Rica, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 15, No. 4. (Jul., 1999), pp. 481-496. (JSTOR archive - subscription required)
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