Parmentiera cereifera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Crescentieae
Genus: Parmentiera
Species: Parmentiera cereifera
Name

Parmentiera cereifera Seem., 1854
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Central America
Panama

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Seemann, B.C. (1854) Journal of Botany, (Being a Second Series of the Botanical Miscellany), Containing Figures and Descriptions. London 3:302. 1841 (B. Seemann, Bot. voy. Herald 182, t. 32. )

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Parmentiera cereifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Parmentiera cereifera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Parmentiera cereifera. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 29 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Parmentiera cereifera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 29.
Tropicos.org 2019. Parmentiera cereifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parmentiera cereifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: candle tree
español: Palo De Velas, Velario, árbol de cera, palo de velas

Parmentiera cereifera, the candle tree, is a species of tree in the family Bignoniaceae. It is endemic to Panama, but it is also a commonly cultivated specimen in botanical gardens.[1]

This tree grows up to 6 meters tall. The oppositely-arranged leaves are each made up of three leaflets. They are borne on winged petioles up to 5 centimeters long. The flower is solitary or borne in a cluster of up to four. The five-lobed corolla is greenish white. The fruit is a taper-shaped berry up to 60 centimeters long. It is green, ripening yellow, and waxy in texture. The fleshy fruit is edible.[2]
References

Mitré, M. (1998). "Parmentiera cereifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32689A9718000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32689A9718000.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Lim, T. K. Parmentiera cereifera. Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 1, Fruits. Springer. 2012. pg. 512.