Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 11:03:20 -0800
From: sysadm@FLUTE.AIX.CALPOLY.EDU
Subject: Re: seeds list
> Select from this list the seeds you would like to get. List the
> reference number and name.
> Requests for seeds from the Botanical Garden in Rio can be made
> directly to
> JARDIM BOTANICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
> LABORATORIO DE SEMENTES
> RUA PACHECO LEAO, 915
> 24060 RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL
> The "INDEX SEMINUM" has over 500 names of seeds of which I indicated
> the ones I believe will be interesting to have for its wood value,
> beauty and, some, for its fruits. The numbers indicated are the ones
> to be used in requests sent in. I can not guarantee we will be
> around by the time some of them grow to their regular size. :-)
> Most are noble woods used in furniture, boat and home building.
> Number 136 is the wood that gave Brazil her name, used since the
> 16th. century for its red dye. Number 233 is Rosewood. Number 273 is
> Mahogany.
> The seeds are sent to you free of charge and IF available when the
> request is received here. Got it?
> I hope you can find the English names with the help of the Latin
> equivalent. If you do, pass them on to me, please.
> REF. FAMILY NAME NAME (Brazil)
>
> 15 APOCYNACEAE Aspidosperma gomesianum A. DC Peroba rosa
> 39 BIGNONIACEAE Crescentia cujete L. Cuite'
> 45 " Tabebuia chrysotricha (Mart. ex DC) ipe-amarelo
> 46 " Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. ex DC) Pau Darco
> 51 BOMBACACEAE Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Castanha
> 74 CHRYSOBALAN. Licanea tormentosa K.Fristch Oiti
> 94 EUPHORBIACEAE Hevea brasiliensis (H.B.K.) Seringueira
> 103 GUTTIFERAE Celophyllum brasiliensis Camb. Sandalo
> 123 LECYTHIDACEAE Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Jequitiba rosa
> 124 " Couropita guyanensis Aubl. Abrico
> 135 LEG.-CAESALP Caesalpinia echinata Lam. Pau Brasil
> 136 " Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. ex Tul. Pau-ferro
> 157 " Hymenaea courbaril L. Jatoba
> 163 " Senna aversiflora (Herbert) Vinhatico
> 179 " Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Angico preto
> 180 " Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) Angico-branco
> 233 LEG.-PAPILIO. Platypodium elegans Vog. Jacaranda
> 236 " Pterodon emarginatus Vog. Sucupira-branca
> 271 MELIACEAE Cedrela glaziovii DC Cedro-rosa
> 273 " Cedrela odorata L. Cedro-vermelho
> 275 " Swietenia macrophylla King. Mogno
> 302 MYRTACEAE Gomidesia reticulata (Camb.) Jaboticaba
> 305 " Plinia edulis (Vell.) Cambuca
> 458 RUBIACEAE Calycophyllum spruceanum (Benth.) Pau-mulato
> 460 " Genipa americana L. Genipapo
> 485 SAPOTACEAE Manikara subsericea (Mart) Macaranduba
> 487 " Pouteria coriacea Miq. Abio
> 493 SOLANACEAE Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl.) Manaca'
> 507 STERCULIACEAE Theobroma cacau L. Cacau
> 508 " Theobroma grandiflorum Schum. Cupuassu
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