Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.

  • 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

    Pseudolmedia laevis (Ruiz & Pav.) J.F.Macbr.

  • Synonyms

    Olmediopsis obliqua Karsten

  • Discussion

    The longer hairs are usually more or less patent, in particular on the stipules. However, in several collections from the southern part of the range of distribution, in particular in Bolivia and Mato Grosso (Brazil), the longer hairs are often ± appressed, even on the stipules. Such specimens can be confused with those of Pseudolmedia macrophylla, in particular its small-leaved form. However, in that form of P. macrophylla the indumentum (of the leafy twigs) does not consist of very short patent hairs and distinctly longer ones. The form of P. laevis with appressed hairs often has relatively narrow laminas; it may co-occur with the typical form.

    In Sierra La Macarena (Meta, Colombia) the fruiting perianth is ellipsoid or oblongoid. The ellipsoid perianths turn orange-red and the oblongoid ones yellow-green. Different fruiting periods have been observed for the two types of fruiting perianth (Pablo Stevenson, Bogotá, pers. comm.). A similar difference in color of the fruiting perianth is found in some other Moraceae species.

  • Distribution

    In northern South America, east of the Andes, throughout the Amazon Basin, the Guiana region, and northwestern Venezuela; in non-inundated forest; to 1100 m.

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