Lecythidaceae

Cariniana legalis Kuntze

Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Cariniana

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Cariniana legalis: Jequitiba ( Cariniana legalis , 1000 years old), Caminho do Ouro, RJ, Brazil — Photo: Luciana Serra, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Lithuanian: Tikrasis karaliūnas
Portuguese: Jequitibá-rosa, Jequitibá rosa, Jequitibá branco

Synonyms

Cariniana brasiliensis Casar.
Couratari legalis Mart.

Photos

Photo: Luciana Serra, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rafael Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mauroguanandi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: filipeprates, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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.