Caryocar

Taxobox
name = "Caryocar"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Caryocar nuciferum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Caryocaraceae
genus = "Caryocar"
genus_authority = F.Allam. ex L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Caryocar" is a genus of flowering plants, in the South American family Caryocaraceae. There are ony 15 species in this genus, all trees yielding a strong timber. Eight species within the genus "Caryocar" have edible fruits, called sawari nuts.

;Species:
*"Caryocar amygdaliferum" Mutis
*"Caryocar amygdaliforme"
*"Caryocar barbinerve" Miq. (Bahia - Brazil)
*"Caryocar brasiliense" Cambess. (Brazil)
*"Caryocar coccineum"
*"Caryocar coriaceum" Wittm.
*"Caryocar costaricense" Donn. Sm. (Costa Rica, and Panama)
*"Caryocar cuneatum" Wittm.
*"Caryocar dentatum"
*"Caryocar edule" Casar.
*"Caryocar glabrum" (Aubl.) Pers. (synonyms: "Saouari glabra" Aubl., "Caryocar microcarpum" Ducke)
*"Caryocar intermedium" Wittm.
*"Caryocar montanum" (Guyana)
*"Caryocar nuciferum" L. (synonyms: "Caryocar tomentosum" Willd. "Caryocar tuberculosum" (Aubl.) Baill., "Pekea tuberculosa" Aubl., "Caryocar tomentosum" Willd.) - Butter-Nut (Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela)
*"Caryocar villosum" (Aubl.) Pers. (synonym: "Saouari villosa" Aubl.)

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2132 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Caryocar"]
* Hoehne, F. C. (1946). "Frutas Indígenas." Instituto de Botânica da Secretaria de Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio de São Paulo (in Portuguese).
* [http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/ipgri/fruits_from_americas/frutales/species%20Caryocar International Plant Genetic Resources Institute: "Caryocar"]