Brosimum utile subsp. ovatifolium (Ducke) C.C.Berg

  • 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

    Brosimum utile subsp. ovatifolium (Ducke) C.C.Berg

  • Discussion

    The collection Nee 30878 (from Bolivar, Venezuela) has turbinate inflorescences with the staminate flowers confined to its upper part. In young fruiting state the upper part is separated from the lower fruit-containing part by a constriction, due to which the (developing) infructescence resembles that of Trymatococcus amazonicus.

    Use. The fibers of inner bark are used to make bark cloth (Bolivia. Beni; Colombia. Vaupés).

  • Distribution

    In the Amazon Basin, largely in its northern part, extending to French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela (Bolívar), and with some records from the southern part of the Amazon Basin; in non-inundated forest; to ca. 1100 m.

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