Sorocea sprucei (Baill.) J.F.Macbr. subsp. sprucei

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and (Moraceae): With introductions to the family and and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83: 1-346. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sorocea sprucei (Baill.) J.F.Macbr. subsp. sprucei

  • Synonyms

    Guatteria cuspidata Rusby, Olmedia virgata Pittier, Sorocea arnoldoi Lanj. & Wess.Boer

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Lamina to 16 × 7.5 cm; apex acuminate, occasionally subacute; base cordulate to subacute; lower surface hirtellous to tomentose to puberulous to hispidulous; the smaller veins slightly prominent to almost plane beneath. Staminate inflorescences subcapitate to shortly spicate, to 1 (-1.5) cm long.

  • Discussion

    The material from northern Colombia and Venezuela, Roraima (Brazil), and Curaçao is rather uniform. A more or less distinct form occurs in Valle (Colombia) at 900-1200m. It is represented by the collections Cuadras V. 1220, Cuatrecasas 15340, D. Jaramillo 236, and Ramos et al 850. They have pistillate inflorescences to 0.5 cm long with 1-5 flowers, globose fruiting perianths 0.6-0.7 cm diam., and pedicels relatively short, to 0.5 cm long. The leaves are relatively small, smooth above, and subtomentose to subhirtellous beneath; the margin is usually entire. The leafy twigs are densely hairy. It may represent a distinct infraspecific taxon from the upper Cauca valley. Some collections from Bolivia (Beni) are placed under subsp. sprucei as they are more similar to this subspecies than to subsp. saxicola. They might represent a distinct infraspecific taxon as well.

  • Common Names

    copey, gigantón, guáimaro lechoso, guaimaro, guáimaro lechoso, mamón de leche, charo, charo, charo negro, charo, lechero, weyó, lechero, charo, guaimaro, guaimaro negro

  • Distribution

    In northern Venezuela and Curaçao, northern Colombia, southern Guyana and the adjacent part of Roraima (Brazil), central Colombia, Peru (San Martín, Tarapoto area), and Bolivia (Beni); usually in relatively dry types of forest, such as Subxerophytic forest, savanna forest, semi-evergreen riverine forest, but also in seasonally flooded forest (Roraima); to 1300 m.

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