Moronobea jenmanii Engl.

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.

• Family

  Clusiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Moronobea jenmanii Engl.

• Discussion

  Moronobea jenmani occupies low altitude (400-1200 m) woodland or savanna areas, and was earlier thought by me to be the low altitude analogue of M. intermedia. However, the spiral arrangement of the stamens, the feeble cohesion of the filaments forming the discrete stamen bundles, the delicacy of the anthers and the very long slender style, all mark the distinctness of M. jenmani. Considerable plasticity is found in leaf form and texture.