# Apuleia

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{Speciesbox
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|display_parents = 2
|genus = Apuleia
|parent_authority = Mart.
|species = leiocarpa
|authority =  [(Vogel)](/source/Julius_Rudolph_Theodor_Vogel) [J.F.Macbr.](/source/James_Francis_Macbride) (1919)
|synonyms = 
* ''Apuleja'' <small>Gaertn.</small>
* ''Apuleia'' <small>Mart.</small>
* ''Apoleya leiocarpa'' <small>[(Vogel)](/source/Julius_Rudolph_Theodor_Vogel) [Gleason](/source/Henry_A._Gleason_(botanist))</small>
* ''Apoleya molaris'' {{small|(Spruce ex Benth.) Gleason (1935)}}
* ''Apuleia grazielana'' {{small|Afr.Fern. (1994), holotype not indicated.}}
* ''Apuleia molaris'' {{small|Spruce ex Benth. (1870)}}
* ''Apuleia praecox'' <small>[Mart.](/source/Charles-%C3%89douard_Martin) (1837)</small>
* ''Dalbergia cucullata'' {{small|Pittier in Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 8: 261 (1943)}}
* ''Leptolobium leiocarpum'' <small>[Vogel](/source/Julius_Rudolph_Theodor_Vogel) (1837)</small>
* ''Platymiscium ellipticum'' {{small|Rusby in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 514 (1910)}}
* ''Zenkeria'' {{small|Arn. (1838), nom. illeg.}}
* ''Zenkeria dalbergioides'' {{small|Arn. (1838)}}
* ''Zenkeria lundii'' {{small|Didr. (1853)}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16766-2 ''Apuleia leiocarpa'' (Vogel) J.F.Macbr.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 11 August 2023.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Catalogue of Life : Apuleia leiocarpa (Vogel) J.F.Macbr.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/f563982e03d47117938c8daaae6af37a|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.catalogueoflife.org}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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'''''Apuleia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It belongs to the subfamily [Dialioideae](/source/Dialioideae).<ref name="6subfamilies">{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = [Taxon](/source/Taxon_(journal)) | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> The only species in the genus is '''''Apuleia leiocarpa'''''. It is a tree native to northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay), and northeastern Argentina.<ref name = powo/>

==Description==
It has a flattened, wide, dense crown. It reaches {{convert|25-40|m|abbr=on}} in height, with a slightly tortuous and very long trunk, with fins at the base. Rhytidoma that splits into discs. Leaves imparipinadas composed, 05.11 leaflets {{convert|6|cm|abbr=on}} long. It has small white flowers in clusters, blooming when the leaves fall. The legume fruit is {{convert|4|cm|abbr=on}} long, with 2-3 seeds, which are {{convert|5|mm|abbr=on}} and difficult to extract.

It flowers (austral) from September to November, fruiting from October to December, and seed is harvested from November to February.

==Ecology ==
It belongs to the upper stratum of tall forests. It reproduces very abundantly in secondary forests; sometimes in pure groupings. It abounds in skirts and highs. It grows very slowly, until its middle age, which grows at a rate of {{convert|80-100|mm|abbr=on}} in height per year. It is [heliophyte](/source/heliophyte), but partly [sciophyte](/source/sciophyte).

==Wood==
It is yellow, with a specific gravity of 0.8 g / cm<sup>3</sup> , with good workability. It has high resistance to weathering and is dimensionally stable. For construction, door frames, windows, bodywork, floors, coatings. In Colombia there is the maquí, whose sawdust (from wood) produces rasquiña and belongs to the genus Apuleia and grows in the middle Magadalena region and the Uraba region, its specific gravity is similar to 1 g / cm<sup>3</sup>.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==Taxonomy ==
''Apuleia leiocarpa'' was first described by [Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel](/source/Julius_Rudolph_Theodor_Vogel) in 1919 and published in contributions from the ''Gray Herbarium of Harvard University''.

==References==
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Category:Dialioideae
Category:Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Category:Flora of Southern America

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