Malanea sarmentosa f. tomentosa Steyerm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Vine; leaves strongly rugose, pubescence tawny-red; mixed high wallaba forest k m 7, line between camps 3 and 2, Saramacca River headwaters, Suriname, 30 Sep 1944, Bassett Maguire 24874 (holotype NY). Paratype. VENEZUELA. Edge of mesa at border of woods, vicinity of Salto de Pacairo bordering Rio Pacairao, about 3 k m east to northeast of Santa Teresita de Kavanayen, Estado Bolivar, at alt. 1220 m, 24 Nov 1944, Steyermark 60525 (F, US).
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - A f. sarmentosa differt calyce plus minusve moderate vel abundante adpressopubescenti; foliorum laminis subtus dense villosulis per omnes partes; fructibus ovoideis 6-7 mm longis 4 mm latis.
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Discussion
The leaves vary from broadly obovate to oval to suborbicular-ovate, and are usually cjuite rounded at the apex or rarely subacute to acute, and broadly rounded to obtuse at the base, with 9-11 lateral nerves on each side. The petioles are 5-8 mm long and densely hirsute-setulose with appressed hairs.