When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.
Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth
This space is for flowers we have recently found and photographed.
Senna spectabilis, commonly called Candelillo (in Spanish) es un árbol que se distribuye dese México hasta Venezuela y las Antillas. Alcanza una altura entre 4 a 18 metros. Se cultiva en zonas con clima templado, en una exposición soleada y suelos bien drenados. Es de rápido crecimiento y una especie muy usada para conservación de sueles. According to Tropica Plants Database (n.d.) the tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine to treat ringworm, skin diseases and has antifungal activity. It is also used as a source of wood. It can be grown as a hedge and, because it produces an abundance of bloom over a long flowering period.
The following references include more useful information about this plant.
Photographed by Maria Alejandra Gutierrez with a NIKON D800E camera. Setting: 1/400, ISO 640.
Photographed by Maria Alejandra Gutierrez with a NIKON D800E camera. Setting: 1/320, ISO 640.
PDF, Articles, Books on Senna spectabilis
BUM, E., NKANTCHOUA, G., NJIKAM, N., TAIWE, G., NGOUPAYE, G., PELANKEN, M., MAIDAWA, F., RAKOTONIRINA, A. and S. RAKOTONIRINA
2010
Anticonvulsant and sedative activity of leaves of Senna spectabilis in mice. International Journal of Pharmacology, Vol.6, No.2 pp.123-128.
Potencial de Senna spectabilis como alternativa en arreglos agroforestales y en la alimentación para rumiantes en el bosque seco tropical. Agroforestería Neotropical. No. 4. Pages 61-67.
DUARTE, J., MELO, O., MORA, J., CASTAÑEDA, R. and H. VÁQUIRO
2021
Pod production, and dasometric variables, of the tree Senna spectabilis (Fabaceae) in a tropical dry forest. Revista de Biología Tropical. Vol.69, No.1.
NKAMGUIE, G., KAMENI, J., FIFEN, J., JOSIANE, L. and E. NGO
2018
Anticonvulsant effects of Senna spectabilis on seizures induced by chemicals and maximal electroshock. Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Vol. 212, No. 15, Pages 18-28.
PIVATTO, M., BACCINI, L., SHARMA, A., NAKABASHI, M., DANUELLO, A., VIEGAS, C., GARCÍA, C. and V. BOLZANI
2014
Antimalarial activity of piperidine alkaloids from Senna spectabilis and semisynthetic derivatives. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, Vol. 25, No. 10.
A Review on Cassia species: Pharmacological, Traditional and Medicinal Aspects in Various Countries. American Journal of Phytomedicine and Clinical Therapeutics.
