Statut pour la Guyane française
Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S. N. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 55: 1-580. [GF = D]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Prévost, M.-F., Frame, D., Gonzalez, S. & Bilot-Guérin, V. 2009. Etablissement d'une liste des espèces d'arbres de la Guyane Française - Rapport final. Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, IRD, UMR AMAP - Herbier de Guyane, Cayenne-Montpellier. 59 pp. [GF = N]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Ter Steege, H., Vaessen, R. W., Cárdenas-López, D., Sabatier, D., Antonelli, A., De Oliveira, S. M., Pitman, N. C. A., Møller Jørgensen, P. & Salomão, R. P. 2016. The discovery of the Amazonian tree flora with an updated checklist of all known tree taxa. Scientific Reports, 6. [GF = ]

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P. G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E. J. & Martin, C. A. 2022. An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, 44(26): 345-903. [GF = S]

 

Date de publication : London J. Bot., 4: 377-378. 1845. Voir aussi R.H. Schomburgk, Ann. Nat. Hist., 5: 202-204, fig. 1840.

Distribution : Guyana (GBIF).

Statut biogéographique : Espèce signalée de Guyane française sur la base d'une seule collecte non déterminée de manière certaine: Trois Sauts, 06/04/1976, fleurs. Arbuste ripicole, 1-2 m. Inflorescences roussâtres. C. Sastre 4704 (CAY111999 [sub Ophiocaryon cf. paradoxum R.H.Schomb.1845, det. J.W. Grimes 1994], P03406662 [sub Ophiocaryon det. D.C. Daly 2005; Anacardiaceae indet. det. R. Spichiger 1988]).

Type : "The tree has been hitherto only discovered at the lower Essequibo, near the junction of the rivers Mazaruni and Cuyuni with the Essequibo; chiefly at the banks of the small rivers Ampa, Carrau and near Saxacalli. The indians of the interior are perfectly unacquainted with the tree. Even at the Demerara river it is unknown, although it runs parallel with the Essequibo at a distance of fifteen to twenty miles to the eastward of it. The tree is in blossom in April and May and I have found mature fruits in November and likewise in January. I am not aware that it possesses any medicinal property; the ressemblance of the kernel to a snake has caused it to be considered by the populace as an antidote for snake poison. It has an acrid, bitter taste." [protologue].
Guyana, R.H. Schomburgk s.n. (T: P00732588, P00732589).