''Buchenavia capitata'' is a

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

of the Caribbean and northeastern South-American regions. Its Spanish vernacular names include granadillo (

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), almendro ( Colombia), amarillo and olivo negro (

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), and mirindiba and periquiteira (

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). Its English vernacular name is fourleaf buchenavia. It is also known as ''Buchenavia tetraphylla'' (Aubl.) Howard.

Taxonomy

It belongs to the order of Myrtales in the class of

Equisetopsida Equisetidae is one of the four subclasses of Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with whorls of needle-like ...

. It is considered a synonym of ''Buchenavia tetraphylla'', which is considered the accepted name.

Characteristics

This tree grows to a height of 60 to 80 ft and 2 to 4 ft in diameter; has rather large buttresses, but has good log form above them.

Habitat

This tree is common in the

Toro Negro State Forest Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the is ...

. It is native to

and the

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.''Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) Howard. "fourleaf buchenavia".''
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plants Database. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

References

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capitata Capitata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. Characteristics Members of this suborder are characterised by the tentacles of the polyps terminating in knobs. In some species these are o ...

Trees of South America