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2. Profiles of Tree Species: The Americas 151
Cariniana legalis
Lecythidaceae
jequitibá branco, jequitibá rosa,
jequitibá vermello, pau carga, sapucaia de apito Distribution
Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraíba,
Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). The species has been recorded
in Colombia, Venezuela in the PROSPECT database but these occurrences are doubtful
and need verification (Americas Regional Workshop, 1996;
Prospect, 1995). Habitat
A large emergent tree, sparsely scattered in areas of lowland
non-flooded rainforest, such as Atlantic forest, mesophyllous, riverine
or hygrophyllous forest and semideciduous woodland (Weyland Vieira, 1990). Large
trees are frequently left standing in agricultural areas
and coffee plantations. Population
Status and Trends Populations frequently occur
on fertile land and considerable habitat loss has caused declines in the extent
of occurrence of the species (Prance & Mori, 1979).
Role
of species in the Ecosystem Threats
The habitat is threatened by increasing settlement (Pires O’Brien,
1996). Utilisation The
timber occurs in local trade. The bark has local use as source of medicine (Pires
O’Brien, 1996). Trade
Cariniana spp.
are selectively
logged in
Bolivia (Harcourt
& Sayer,
1996).
IUCN Conservation category
VU A1ac according to the Americas
Regional Workshop for the WCMC/SSC Conservation
and sustainable
management of
trees project
(WCMC, 1996).
Conservtion Measures The
species is found in the Linhares Forest Reserve and is in cultivation at Rio de
Janeiro Botanical Gardens (Pires O’Brien, 1996).
Forest Management and Silviculture
Many seedlings have been raised from wild seed at Monte Alegre
Hortorium (Weyland Vieira, 1990). References
Americas Regional Workshop. 1996. Discussions held at CATIE,
Costa Rica, November 1996 at the Second Regional Workshop
of the WCMC/SSC Conservation
and Sustainable
Management of
Trees project. (Unpublished). Harcourt,
C.S. & J.A. Sayer, (eds.). 1996 The
conservation atlas
of tropical
forests: the
Americas.Simon & Schuster, Singapore.
Pires O'Brien, J. 1996. Data collection forms for Lecythidaceae
tree species. Prance, G.T. & S. Mori. 1979. Lecythidaceae
- Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthus,
Gustavia,
Grias, Allantoma
and Cariniana).
pp.
270. Prospect.
1995. Species listing from the PROSPECT database. The
Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution
data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration
with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden.).
WCMC. 1996. Report of the Second Regional Workshop, held at
CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 November 1996. Conservation
and sustainable management of trees project.
(unpublished).
Weyland Vieira, M.C. 1990. Phytogeography and conservation
of forests in Monte Belo, Minas Gerais -case study: Fazenda Lagoa.
Rio de Janeiro