TARS 504 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Parmentiera cereifera Seem.

Top Name:

Candle tree

Origin:

Collected – Panama

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1911

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count		TARS 504 PL

Distributed as: Fruit/Seeds, Available: Year-round

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Parmentiera cereifera Seem.

Top Name:

Candle tree

Origin:

Collected – Panama

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

06 Mar 1911

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

06 March 1911.
Panama

Accession Names and Identifiers

Candle tree

Type: Local name

Group: MISC.TARS

Narrative

An ornamental shrub, bearing long, yellow candle-like fruits. Grows to a height of 12 to 15 ft.

Parmentiera cereifera Seem.

Genus:

Parmentiera

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Tribe:

Crescentieae

Nomen number:

26784

Place of publication:

J. Bot. (Hooker) 3:302. 1841 (B. Seemann, Bot. voy. Herald 182, t. 32. 1854)

Verified:

05/10/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	candletree	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kerzenbaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	árvore-de-velas	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	árbol de cera	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	palo de velas	2	Gentry, A. H. 1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):100-102.

Annotations

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: TARS 504, Parmentiera cereifera Seem., Candle tree