Taxon: Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S. F. Blake

 
Genus: Schizolobium
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Nomen number: 70711
Place of publication: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20:240. 1919 "parahybum"
Link to protologue:
Comment: the specific epithet is a noun, the name of a Brazilian River, and retains its own gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Melbourne ICN Art. 23.5)
Typification:
Name Verified on: 03-jul-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 21-ene-2014
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • Brazilian firetree  (Source: Trop Leg) - English
  • guapiruvu  (Source: Trop Leg) - Portuguese
  • parica  (Source: Trop Leg) - Portuguese

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Brittonia 48:177. 1996)
  • Environmental: shade/shelter (fide Brittonia 48:177. 1996)
  • Materials: beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_29.html,)
  • Materials: potential as fiber (for wood pulp fide Trop Leg)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • Mexico (s.e.)

    Southern America
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
    • BRAZIL: Brazil
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Barneby, R. C. 1996. Neotropical Fabales at NY: asides and oversights (Brittonia) 48:178.
  2. Irwin, H. S. & R. C. Barneby 1982. The American Cassiinae: a synoptical revision of Leguminosae tribe Cassieae subtribe Cassiinae in the New World Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 35:904.
  3. National Academy of Sciences Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 (Trop Leg)
  4. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). (Bot Beads World)
  5. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 (F Panama)

Check other web resources for Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S. F. Blake :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • 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=70711. Accessed 7 junio 2026.