Plants with white bloomCerrado biomass----------Photographs - Geographical location----------City :
PirenópolisThe west central Brazil is an area that can be divided into two parts:
The Planalto, formed of savannah area, with a well defined climate in 2 periods, rain and drought, and width the "Mato-grosso-goiano", lowlands from which come the sources of the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers.
The village of Pirenópolis is at the limit of these reliefs. The village lies at the foot of Pireneus, part of the division of planalto.
Region :
Mountains of PireneusState :
Goiás - Botanical data -
Botanical family : Annonaceae
Scientific name : Xylopia aromatica
Popular Name(s) : (Common names given to plants have very different origins, and thus may be different from one state to another or even from one municipality to another.)
pimenta-de-macaco, aperta-ruão, pimenta-longa, aduncum, tapa-buraco, pimenta-de-fruto-ganchoso, jabo
Geographical distribution (States) : Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo, Tocantins,
Habitat : Mata ciliar, cerrado
Flowering : September to November
Fructification : April to July
Description : This is a tree to 8 meters tall.
Its leaves are alternate, simple, slender oblong shape.
The inflorescence is tinted white or white with red, and appears throughout twigs chauqe to between-node. Flowering lasts for several months.
The origin of that plant is Amazon.
The medicinal properties of fruits of this tree are important.
