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Couroupita guianensis

Cannonball Tree

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Cannonball Tree; German Kanonenkugelbaum; French Boulet de Canon

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Colombia - Peru - Brazil

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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Scientific Taxonomy

Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Lecythidales; LECYTHIDACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.624 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.535 Tropica
p.2/593 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.79 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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