1. Home
2. Senegalia velutina

Senegalia velutina

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(de Candolle) Bocage & L. P. Queiroz

Common Names

• Garapiá (Brazil)
• Unha-de-gato (Brazil)
• Vamos-junto (Brazil)
• Calumbi
• Garapi

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• River edges
• forest margins
• rain forest
• thorn forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Tree, tall shrub, scrambler or liana with 5-angled branches armed with short recurved thorns to 1mm long. Bipinnate leaves, pubescent leaflets, 6-11 pairs of leaflets, 14-40 pairs of pinna, leaflets to 12mm x 3mm. 70mm spikes or racemose panicles of fragrant white flowers,calyx 2mm long, pubescent corolla to 5mm long. Flat glaborus brown legume to 220mm x 35mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• APDC
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• Fl do Brasil
• RSNRV
• Schlechtendahlia