Fabaceae

Brownea grandiceps Jacq.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Brownea

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Brownea grandiceps (Brownea grandiceps) — FruitPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 寶冠木
Czech: Ovláčeň velkohlavá
Finnish: Venezuelanaurinkopuu
Japanese: オオホウカンボク
Malayalam: സുപ്തി
Portuguese: Chapéu de sol, Chapéu-de-sol
Quechua: Waytasapa krus k'aspi, Sisasapa krus k'aspi, Sisasapa krus kaspi, Waytasapa krus kaspi

Synonyms

Brownea amplibracteata Pittier
Brownea araguensis Pittier
Brownea ariza Lindl. & Paxt.
Brownea holtonii Britton & Killip
Brownea loretensis Standl.
Brownea neglecta (Taub.) Pittier
Brownea princeps Otto
Brownea princeps Linden ex Otto
Hermesias grandiceps Kuntze
Hermesias neglecta Taub.

Flowers

In flower: January to February, May to June, September to October (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FruitPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bincymb, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: filipeprates, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Willard Basilio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Doyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.