Lecythidaceae
Cannonball tree
Couroupita guianensis
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Couroupita
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- شجرة قذيفة المدفع, شجرة المدفع
- arz
- شجره قذيفة المدفع
- Assamese
- নাগচম্পা
- Bangla
- নাগলিঙ্গম, নাগ চম্পা
- Chinese
- 炮弹树, 砲彈樹
- Czech
- Lončatník guyanský
- Dutch
- Kanonskogelboom, Boskalebas
- English
- Cannonball tree
- Finnish
- Kanuunankuulapuu
- French
- Calabasse Colin, Boulet de canon
- German
- Kanonenkugelbaum
- Gujarati
- શિવલીંગી, કૈલાશપતિ
- hsb
- Wšědny kanonowc
- Indonesian
- Sala, Pohon sala
- Japanese
- ホウガンノキ
- Kannada
- ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಮರ
- Malay
- Pokok Peluru Meriam
- Malayalam
- നാഗലിംഗ മരം, Cannon-ball tree, Cannonball tree, നാഗപുഷ്പം, നാഗലിംഗ പുഷ്പം, നാഗലിംഗപുഷ്പം, നാഗലിംഗമരം, ശിവലിംഗ പുഷ്പം
- Marathi
- नागलिंगम वृक्ष
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kanonkuletre
- Odia
- ନାଗକେଶର, ଗୋଳା ବାରୁଦ ଫୁଲ, ନାଗଚମ୍ପା
- Persian
- درخت گلوله توپ
- Polish
- Czerpnia gujańska
- Portuguese
- Abricó-de-macaco, Couropita guianensis
- Russian
- Курупита гвианская
- Sanskrit
- नागलिङ्गम्
- Sinhala
- සල්
- Spanish
- Bala De Cañón, Arbol Santo, Granadillo, Mamey Hediondo, Bala de canon, Bala de canón, Bala de cañon, Taparon
- Tamil
- நாகலிங்கம், நாகலிங்க மரம்
- Telugu
- శివలింగపుష్పం
- Thai
- ลูกปืนใหญ่, ต้นสาละ, สาละ
- Vietnamese
- Đầu lân
Synonyms
- Couratari pedicellaris Rizzini
- Couroupita acreensis R.Knuth
- Couroupita antillana Miers
- Couroupita froesii R.Knuth
- Couroupita guianensis var. surinamensis (Mart. ex Berg) Eyma
- Couroupita idolica Dwyer
- Couroupita membranacea Miers
- Couroupita peruviana O.Berg
- Couroupita saintcroixiana R.Knuth
- Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex O.Berg
- Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex O.Berg
- Couroupita venezuelensis R.Knuth
- Lecythis bracteata Willd.
- Pekea couroupita Juss. ex DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 464 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ericson Cernawsky Igual, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Maria Janeiro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin from Chalakudy, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prashanth N S, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.