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Cariniana estrellensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Genus:	Cariniana
Species:	C. estrellensis
Binomial name
Cariniana estrellensis (Raddi) Kuntze
Synonyms
Couratari estrellensis Raddi Cariniana excelsa Casar. Cariniana excelsa var. puberula Chodat & Hassl. Couratari glaziovii Glaz. Couratari excelsa Casar.

Cariniana estrellensis is a species of rainforest tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to South America. These trees can grow to extraordinary size. Perhaps the largest rainforest tree ever measured by college trained forester was a C. estrellensis measured by Edmundo Navarro de Andrade which was twenty-three feet thick (twenty-two meters girth) with no buttresses or basal swelling.

References

1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780123969545.
2. "Tropicos | Specimen - Gloria Calatayud - 4430". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
3. "Cariniana estrellensis – Lecythidaceae". sweetgum.nybg.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
4. Navarro de Andrade, Edmundo; Vecchi, Octavio (1916). Les Bois Indigenes de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil: <published privately>. pp. 204–206.

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