|
''Stenocalyx dysentericus'' is a tree from the Myrtaceae family (order Myrtales), native of the Cerrado, the central savannah region of Brazil. It is locally known by the Portuguese names ' or '.〔Flora Brasiliensis Vol. XIV, Part I, Fasc. 18:1 Coluna 351 - 352 Publicado em 15-Mai-1857〕〔Cristiano Martinotto, Renato Paiva, Fernanda Pereira Soares, Breno Régis Santos, and Raírys Cravo Nogueira (2008), (CAGAITEIRA ) Boletim Técnico 78, Lavras Federal University (UFLA), Brazil, pages 1-21 (in Portuguese)〕 The species was formerly named ''Eugenia dysenterica'' DC. (O. Berg). ==Occurrence and description== The tree occurs mainly in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Minas Gerais and São Paulo, mostly in areas with mean temperature and altitudes of . The adult tree is from tall, with a rounded canopy. The trunk can be diameter, with a thick () and irregular corky bark. The flowers are white, wide. They occur either alone or in threes, and open between August and September, undergoing both self- and cross-pollination. The fruits (up to 1500 per tree) ripen mostly over a two-month period, between September and December depending on the climate. They fall from the tree when fully ripe, roughly at the start of the rainy season. The fruit is a yellow-orange berry, roughly spherical in shape, with a dry remnant of the calyx opposite to the stem; it is about one inch () in diameter and usually weighs . It has a thin waxy skin and a sweet-sour and slightly astringent pulp, 1–2 mm thick, loosely enclosing one to three round and light gray seeds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stenocalyx dysentericus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|