Table 2.

Profile of P-compounds in leaf material of tree species. ³¹P NMR spectra of NaOH–EDTA extracts (and relative proportions, %) from the leaf samples were characterized.

Species	Total P (%, D.W.)	Total C (%, D.W.)	Total N (%, D.W.)	C:N	C:P	N:P	K (%, D.W.)	Phosphorus Species Distribution, % of Total P in Extract
								Polyphos	Orthophos	Glucose-6phos	Orthophos-mono	Orthophos-diesters	DNA	Pyrophos	Poly-P
Licania alba	0.04	48.59	1.44	34.7	1151.91	33.17	0.35	3.55	7.11	0	14.12	28.57	16.57	17.30	12.79
Vouacapoua americana	0.07	50.2	1.99	25.6	687.46	26.84	0.67	1.67	8.57	24.17	22.41	15.52	6.75	13.92	6.99
Chrysophyllum argenteum	0.03	49.7	1.34	37.2	1435.60	38.59	0.40	40.25	0	0	11.77	11.57	16.82	0	19.60
Oxandra asbeckii	0.05	48.1	1.94	24.8	1042.83	42.13	1.69	24.25	63.24	0	0.65	1.30	10.04	0	0.52
Hirtella bicornis	0.04	47.1	1.32	35.9	1215.23	33.94	0.75	0	0	0	26.38	13.88	9.03	25.13	25.58
Tovomita sp.	0.07	49.3	1.61	30.6	670.28	21.91	0.72	0	6.65	16.55	6.99	16.12	22.00	0	31.70
Moronobea coccinea	0.03	48.8	1.28	38.4	1469.22	38.49	0.27	5.88	0	0	1.82	46.14	23.60	0	22.55
Eschweilera coriacea	0.07	50.0	1.71	30.7	975.27	30.72	0.50	1.60	16.35	10.46	17.44	22.40	16.29	8.91	6.56
Hymanea courbaril	0.12	48.5	1.91	25.3	412.80	16.29	0.87	42.19	38.05	3.09	0	0	11.35	5.31	0
Eschweilera decolorans	0.05	50.0	1.77	28.2	1103.39	39.14	0.58	32.27	0	0	9.36	27.51	6.00	0	24.85
Capirona decorticans	0.05	48.7	2.08	23.4	1077.96	46.08	0.41	0	0	0	11.37	53.25	32.62	0	2.77
Pouteria eugeniifolia	0.08	48.6	2.89	16.9	650.54	38.58	0.69	0	35.00	0	15.72	19.61	19.61	0	10.06
Eperua falcata	0.08	49.6	1.70	30.1	687.85	23.49	0.63	7.37	0	6.41	25.85	43.73	10.22	0	6.41
Catostemma fragrans	0.03	25.2	0.90	14.0	455.01	16.29	0.28	0	49.45	2.50	28.06	0	20	0	0
Caryocar glabrum	0.05	52.4	1.34	39.2	1009.50	25.75	0.36	0	22.91	0	20.06	20.06	32.87	3.59	0.51
Eperua grandiflora	0.04	50.5	1.39	37.8	1289.63	34.47	0.34	6.39	7.22	6.46	25.13	19.73	12.13	18.70	4.25
Paloue guianensis	0.05	52.0	1.76	29.5	1086.24	36.77	0.22	2.21	0	19.81	7.14	21.05	21.63	28.16	0
Dipteryx odorata	0.06	49.4	1.38	35.9	891.48	24.81	0.89	0.31	12.79	8.35	4.57	16.65	3.13	0	54.19
Protium opacum	0.06	47.7	1.25	38.5	856.32	22.39	0.67	14.49	32.93	0	40.44	0.80	7.12	0	4.21
Talisia praealta	0.04	48.9	1.23	39.9	1203.11	30.12	0.21	0	0	0	10.14	18.78	18.78	23.31	28.98
Bocoa prouacensis	0.04	48.8	1.66	31.0	1471.96	47.02	0.35	0	27.66	14.21	14.21	4.61	2.66	0.46	36.19
Sterculia pruriens	0.07	46.9	1.42	33.2	686.14	20.66	1.14	0	19.99	22.74	44.54	0	12.73	0	0
Pradosia ptychandra	0.08	46.7	1.79	27.1	727.94	25.16	1.57	10.66	0	0	28.35	17.79	10.19	0	33.01
Aniba rosaeodora	0.05	48.2	1.44	33.5	1019.02	30.46	0.97	0	0	0	50	30	20	0	0
Vochysia sabatieri	0.04	47.31	1.22	39.03	1357.56	34.89	0.23	0	2.20	0	30.08	41.23	14.48	2.68	9.33
Chrysophyllum sanguinolentum	0.06	48.02	2.42	19.85	816.72	41.14	1.47	0	0	0	18.18	59.02	13.77	0	9.03
Sterculia speciosa	0.05	48.63	1.35	36.10	1020.57	28.27	0.86	1.07	12.07	7.77	59.09	10	10	0	0
Carapa surinamensis	0.06	48.49	1.41	34.61	816.65	23.59	0.50	30.42	0	13.52	0	21.87	22.02	0	12.17
Chimarrhis turbinata	0.05	47.42	1.99	23.87	941.32	39.24	0.23	0	15.06	22.14	15.74	17.90	4.48	24.69	0
Drypetes variabilis	0.05	45.13	1.45	31.15	847.58	27.14	1.03	22.84	15.94	3.22	37.99	16.00	4.00	0	0
Micropholis venulosa	0.04	47.48	1.90	25.04	1149.58	45.91	0.65	0	0	0	27.64	23.10	28.69	0	20.57