Taxon: Astronium urundeuva (Allemão) Engl.

Genus:

Astronium

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Subfamily:

Anacardioideae

Nomen number:

5947

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1:45. 1880

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

01-feb-2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 15-feb-2017

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

4 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

(=) Astronium juglandifolium Griseb.
Basionym: Myracrodruon urundeuva M. Allemão

Common names:

urunday (Source: Pl Book) - English
aroeira (Source: Persp New Crops Uses) - Portuguese (Brazil)
cuchi (Source: Trees Bolivia) - Quichua (Peru)
sotocele (Source: Phytologia) - Spanish
ubatan (Source: Phytologia) - Spanish
urundel (Source: Trees Bolivia) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)
Medicines: potential source of pharmaceutical agent (fide Persp New Crops Uses 155. 1999)

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Jujuy, Salta] Paraguay [Concepcion, Cordillera, Alto Paraguay, Paraguari, San Pedro, Chaco]

References:

Barkley, F. A. 1968. Anacardiaceae: Rhoideae: Astronium (Phytologia) 16:137-141.
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Janick, J., ed. Perspectives on new crops and uses. 1999 (Persp New Crops Uses)
Killeen, T. J. et al. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. 1993 (Trees Bolivia)
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 (Pl Book)
Spichiger, R., ed. Flora del Paraguay. 1985- (F Parag)
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999 (L Argent)

Check other web resources for Astronium urundeuva (Allemão) Engl. :

Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=5947. Accessed 7 junio 2026.