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Vatairea macrocarpa

Vatairea macrocarpa · Fabaceae

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Form
tree
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (24)
Corroboration (24 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    24 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study deOliveira2021: de Oliveira, M. D., & Giongo, M. (2022). Relationship between moisture content and flammability of Cerrado species in Southern Tocantins. Floresta, 52, 122-130.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site deOliveira2021-1; sampling october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 2675.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 82”

          FLAMITS record 2684.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 68”

          FLAMITS record 2693.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 54”

          FLAMITS record 2702.

        • “time to flaming (s): 3.06”

          FLAMITS record 2711.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.31”

          FLAMITS record 2720.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.66”

          FLAMITS record 2729.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.59”

          FLAMITS record 2738.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 2819.

        • “flammability value: 3”

          FLAMITS record 2828.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 2837.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 2846.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 7.31”

          FLAMITS record 2747.

        • “burning duration (s): 6.44”

          FLAMITS record 2756.

        • “burning duration (s): 4.22”

          FLAMITS record 2765.

        • “burning duration (s): 2.2”

          FLAMITS record 2774.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 44.9”

          FLAMITS record 2783.

        • “flame height (cm): 23.76”

          FLAMITS record 2792.

        • “flame height (cm): 22.56”

          FLAMITS record 2801.

        • “flame height (cm): 8.98”

          FLAMITS record 2810.

    • Primary study Santos2018b: Santos, J. F. L., Machado, I. E. S., Soares, R. V., Batista, A. C., Neves, P. C., & Tetto, A. F. (2018b). Flammability of native species of two Brazilian ecosystems. In: D. X. Viegas, Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018 (pp. 227-231), Portugal, University of Coimbra.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Santos2018b-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 12.71”

          FLAMITS record 11996.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 12029.

      • “burning duration (s): 13.42”

        FLAMITS record 12007; Sustainability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 19.88”

        FLAMITS record 12018; Combustibility measurement.

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