Piptadenia

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A few giants with the largest trunks (2,400 mm) include Cariniana decandra, Osteophloem platyspermum, Piptadenia suaveolens, Brosimum sp.,

Juruá-Purus moist forests 2008
A unique element of the woodlands and savannas is Piptadenia robusta, a tree that until 1994 had been identified only from the savannas of Venezuela.

Beni savanna 2008
Important trees are of the genera Cavanillesia, Cedrella, Parapiptadenia, and Piptadenia.

Bahia interior forests 2008
Palms such as Sheelea and Guazuma rosea, of subandine origin, are common on the Upper Purus, and Piptadenia pteroclada is common along the Amazon.

Iquitos varzea 2008
Some of the flora in these areas include Acacia glamerosa, Bulnesia arborea, Bourreria cumanensis, Copaifera venezuelana, Gyrocarpus americanus, Jacquinia pungens, Malpighia glabra, Myrospermum frutescens, Piptadenia flava, and Ritterocereus griseus.

Maracaibo dry forests 2008
Ceiba pentandra, Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Piptadenia macrocarpa, Caesalpinea paraguariensis, and Mimosa spp ..

Pantanal 2007
Piptadenia flava, Poponax flexuosa, P. tortuosa, and Prosopis juliflora.

Apure-Villavicencio dry forests 2007
The _angico_ or _angicu_ (_Piptadenia rigida_ Benth.), which was quite plentiful, was also a good-looking tree of appreciable height and circumference.

Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Piptadenia macrocarpa

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