Brownea coccinea
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The scarlet brownea ( Brownea coccinea ), also called mountain rose , is a species of plant in the subfamily carob family (Caesalpinioideae) within the legume family (Fabaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Brownea coccinea grows as an evergreen tree and reaches heights of up to 12 meters. The alternately arranged leaves are pinnate in pairs and have a length of up to 40 centimeters. Young leaves and short twigs, which develop quickly, droop limply at the beginning and are light to pinkish-brown. This so-called leaf shedding is a phenomenon in tropical plant species, because the formation of supporting tissue and chlorophyll takes place gradually. There is no exposure to cold that could damage this process.
Generative characteristics
The impressive, spherical, umbrella-like inflorescences contain densely packed, numerous flowers. The hermaphroditic flowers have a double flower envelope . The petals are scarlet. The stamens are yellow. The legume is about 20 to 26 cm long.
distribution
The purely neotropical distribution area of Brownea coccinea is in Guyana , Venezuela , Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago .
use
In tropical areas of the New and Old World, Brownea coccinea is valued as an ornamental plant because of its beautiful leaves and flowers, for example in India , Malaysia , DR Congo , Mauritius and the Seychelles .
Taxonomy
Brownea coccinea was first published by Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin . The botanical epithet coccinea is derived from the Latin word coccineus for "scarlet red", after the flower color.
swell
- Andreas Bärtels: Tropical Plants . Ulmer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3937-5 , p. 76
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 , p. 164.
