Brosimum utile subsp. occidentale C.C.Berg
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Authority
Berg, Cornelius C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7: 1-229. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Moraceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Cuatrecasas 16084, Colombia, Dept, del Valle, between El Aguacante and Quebrada de la Yuca (F).
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Description
Description - Leafy twigs with short and distinctly longer hairs, below the scars of the stipules always longer hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblong (to lanceolate), broadest in, just above, or sometimes below the middle, 6-20(-32) cm long, 3-9(-10) cm broad, at the base obtuse, sometimes (sub)acute, or occasionally emarginate; margin entire; secondary veins often impressed above, smaller veins slightly prominent to plane beneath, 18-27 pairs of secondary veins; petioles 3-14(-20) mm long; stipules 1.5-4.5 cm long, with very short and distinctly longer hairs. Inflorescences (sub)globose, 61/N8 mm in diameter; peduncle 3-5 mm long; receptacle not or slightly foveate; staminate flowers numerous; perianth 0.2-0.8 mm high; stamen 1, filaments 1-1.5 mm long, anthers 0.4-0.5mm long and 0.5-0.6mm broad; style 1.5-2.5 mm long, stigmas ca 2 mm long.
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Discussion
This subspecies appears to be closely related to subsp utile, resembling it in many characters. The two subspecies differ from each other in the number of secondary leaf veins, in the leaf shape which is usually oblong to lanceolate in subsp utile and usually elliptic to oblong in subsp Occidentales and in the length of the stipules.
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Common Names
Saude
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Distribution
(Fig 72). Western coastal region of Colombia to north-western Ecuador; in rain forests up to 1400 m altitude; regionally abundant.
Colombia South America| Ecuador South America|