| Virola calophylloidea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Virola |
| Species: | V. calophylloidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Virola calophylloidea Markgr. [1] | |
Virola calophylloidea is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae.
Virola is a genus of medium-sized trees native to the South American rainforest and closely related to other Myristicaceae, such as nutmeg. Species are known commonly as epená, patricá, or cumala. They have glossy, dark green leaves and clusters of tiny yellow flowers, and may emit a pungent odor.
The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, Myristica fragrans, the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are Myristica in Asia and Virola in the Neotropics.
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Virola parvifolia is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is endemic to Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
Virola surinamensis, known commonly as baboonwood, ucuuba, ucuhuba and chalviande, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. It has also been naturalized in the Caribbean. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. Although the species is listed as threatened due to habitat loss by the IUCN, it is a common tree species found throughout Central and South America.
Virola sebifera is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae, from North and South America.
Virola elongata is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. The tree is native to Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is also found in Suriname. Virola elongata is thin and 7.5–23 m (25–75 ft) tall, sometimes 30 m (98 ft) tall.
Virola calophylla is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is native to Central America and South America, namely Panama, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Virola carinata is a New World, tropical evergreen tree in the family Myristicaceae that is indigenous to Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. It grows to a height of about 30m and its fruit is subglobular, 16–20 mm long and 17–19 mm in diameter, found in groups of 4 to 12.
Virola divergens is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It grows to about 25m tall. The fruits are ellipsoidal and subglobular, 18–38 mm long and 16–33 mm in diameter, grouped 4 to 8.
Virola pavonis is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The tree grows to a height of about 15-30m tall.
Virola peruviana is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It grows to a height of about 35 m (100 ft). The fruit is ellipsoidal, 14–24 mm long and 11–23 mm in diameter, forming groups of about 5 to 15.
Virola venosa is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. It grows 5–30 m (16–98 ft) tall.
Ucuhuba seed oil is the oil extracted from the seed of Virola surinamensis (ucuhuba). The ucuhuba tree is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its seeds provide oil rich in myristic acid. The ucuhuba oil contains 13% lauric acid, 69% myristic acid, 7% palmitic acid and traces of oleic acid and linoleic acid. Myristic and lauric acids comprised 91.3 mole % of the total fatty acids. Although additional saturated fatty acids were found, they occurred only as minor components. Small amounts of several unsaturated fatty acids were found including 2.4% oleic acid and 0.4% linoleic acid.
Eusiderin is a neolignan found in Virola sp and Aniba sp.
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