Jupunba microcalyx

Jupunba microcalyx is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the Amazon rainforest of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and northern Brazil.^[2][1] In Colombia it is native to Guaviare and Vaupés departments in the Guiana Shield region, also known as Guayana, in the country's southeast near the borders with Venezuela and Brazil, where it grows up to 200 meters elevation.^[2]

Jupunba microcalyx
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Jupunba
Species:	J. microcalyx
Binomial name
Jupunba microcalyx (Spruce ex Benth.) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
Synonyms[2][3]
Abarema microcalyx (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes Feuilleea microcalyx (Spruce ex Benth.) Kuntze Pithecellobium microcalyx Spruce ex Benth.

Three varieties are accepted.^[2]

• Jupunba microcalyx var. enterolobioides (Barneby & J.W.Grimes) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci
• Jupunba microcalyx var. microcalyx
• Jupunba microcalyx var. parauaquarae (Ducke) M.V.B.Soares, M.P.Morim & Iganci