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Taxon:  Virola calophylla (Spruce) Warb.



Summary
Genus:
Virola
Family:
Myristicaceae
Nomen number:
400361
Place of publication:
Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 68:231. 1897
Verified:
11/18/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Myristica calophylla Spruce

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Reference(s)
  1. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Encarnación, F. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú. 1983
  5. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  6. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  7. Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
  8. Killeen, T. J. et al. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. 1993
  9. Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
  10. Spichiger, R. et al. 1989. Los árboles del Arborétum Jenaro Herrera, vol. 1. Moraceae a Leguminosae. Boissiera 43:159.
  11. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
  12. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
Portuguese
parica –
Portuguese (Brazil)
ucubarana –
Spanish (Colombia, Ecuador)
chalviande –
Spanish (Peru)
cumala blanca –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRondonia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRoraima 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaBeni 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Paz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaPando 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona-Santiago 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorSucumbios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPuno 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Roraima]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Beni, La Paz, Pando], Colombia, Ecuador [Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios], Peru [Amazonas, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Puno, Ucayali]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialswood Encarnación, F. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú. 1983
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400361. Accessed 8 June 2026.


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