Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Virola sebifera Aubl.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Virola sebifera
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Aubl.
Common names
red ucuuba, virola nut, virola-nut
Names in other languages (43)Azafrán, Cacao de monte, Chalviande, Chocatillo, Coco, Giñodowe, Goe, Gordura-de-virola, Gowe, Intidi cuña, Ipeme, Iwe, Kuankar+, Muscadier porte-suif, Palo de sangre, Salpuent+, Sardina kara yura, Shu ainchi, Talgmuskatnussbaum, Ucuúba-do-cerrado, Ucuúba-vermelha, Wapa, bicuiba, bicuiba-vermelha, bicuyba-preta, bois chandelle, bwa-chandèl, djadjamadou, cumala, kawee babun udu, kawee mulunba, sangre de toro, suwilanɨ wu, walime, tawa, ucuuba-punã, ucuúba, ucuúba-preta, virola, virola, walolo, waluši ityudano, walušilan, wahusi-purubumna, waletsi lawöt, yayamadou, árvore-de-cera, فيرولا سيبيفيرا, ویرلا سبیفرا
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Magnoliales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Myristicaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Virola
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
sebifera
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Virola sebifera
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 11:20.
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Ronaldo Pedrão · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Patrick Godoi · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Letizia Weichgrebe · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Virola sebifera Aubl.
Photo: Ronaldo Pedrão · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 11:20.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 6 of 6 is eaten by × is a host of × co-occurs ecologically with × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × is preyed upon by × is a symbiont of ×

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is eaten by 74 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Thraupidae is eaten by 3 not compared
Eastern Slaty Thrush Turdus subalaris Turdidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus Turdidae is eaten by 2 not compared
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Thraupidae is eaten by 2 not compared
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is a host of 21 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
BOLD:AAA2400 Hesperiidae is a host of 76 not compared
BOLD:AAD3327 Depressariidae is a host of 10 not compared
Pityophthorus sp. cur87SG Curculionidae is a host of 5 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
BOLD:ACG2714 Curculionidae is a host of 4 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 3 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Racocetra castanea co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Gigaspora decipiens Gigasporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Scutellospora projecturata Gigasporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Showing 3 of 3, by number of studies

is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gigaspora decipiens Gigasporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 2 not compared
Racocetra castanea is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Scutellospora projecturata Gigasporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Showing 3 of 3, by number of studies

is preyed upon by 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eubulus sp. cur24SG Curculionidae is preyed upon by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Anthonomus sp. cur14SG Curculionidae is preyed upon by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

is a symbiont of 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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