Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Synonyms:
Lecythis subglandulosa Steud. ex O.Berg, Lecythis laevifolia Griseb., Eschweilera laevifolia Miers
Lecythis subglandulosa Steud. ex O.Berg, Lecythis laevifolia Griseb., Eschweilera laevifolia Miers
Description:
Description - Canopy trees, to 35 m tall, frequently buttressed. Bark light gray to dark brown, peeling in large, thin, irregular plates, with numerous lenticels. Leaf blades elliptic to narrowly ovate, 12-30 x 6-11 cm, glabrous, coriaceous, upper surface smooth and shiny; apex acuminate; base obtuse to rounded; margins entire to crenulate; with 10-16 pairs of lateral veins; petiole 10-15(-20) mm long. Inflorescences usually terminal, once-branched paniculate arrangement of racemes, less frequently simple racemes in axils of uppermost leaves; rachises glabrous to puberulous, the principal one 3-18 cm long, angled, with conspicuous bract scars, especially at base of lateral branches; pedicels 5-15 mm long. Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely to widely ovate, 4-8 x 36 mm, imbricate ¼-½ length, convex to carinate abaxially, slightly gibbous at base, flat to concave adaxially; petals six, widely to very widely obovate, white or light yellow, 13-26 x 9-16 mm; hood of androecium light yellow, ca. 12-13 x 15-16 mm, doubly coiled; staminal ring with 150-275 stamens, the filaments filiform to slightly clavate, 0.8-1 mm long, the anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 4-8 basally attached ovules, the summit umbonate, the style not well differentiated. Fruits turbinate, often with prolonged woody knob at base, the calycine rim inserted near middle, 2-3.5 x 3-5.5 cm, the pericarp 5-10 mm thick; operculum convex, not umbonate. Seeds unknown.
Description - Canopy trees, to 35 m tall, frequently buttressed. Bark light gray to dark brown, peeling in large, thin, irregular plates, with numerous lenticels. Leaf blades elliptic to narrowly ovate, 12-30 x 6-11 cm, glabrous, coriaceous, upper surface smooth and shiny; apex acuminate; base obtuse to rounded; margins entire to crenulate; with 10-16 pairs of lateral veins; petiole 10-15(-20) mm long. Inflorescences usually terminal, once-branched paniculate arrangement of racemes, less frequently simple racemes in axils of uppermost leaves; rachises glabrous to puberulous, the principal one 3-18 cm long, angled, with conspicuous bract scars, especially at base of lateral branches; pedicels 5-15 mm long. Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely to widely ovate, 4-8 x 36 mm, imbricate ¼-½ length, convex to carinate abaxially, slightly gibbous at base, flat to concave adaxially; petals six, widely to very widely obovate, white or light yellow, 13-26 x 9-16 mm; hood of androecium light yellow, ca. 12-13 x 15-16 mm, doubly coiled; staminal ring with 150-275 stamens, the filaments filiform to slightly clavate, 0.8-1 mm long, the anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 4-8 basally attached ovules, the summit umbonate, the style not well differentiated. Fruits turbinate, often with prolonged woody knob at base, the calycine rim inserted near middle, 2-3.5 x 3-5.5 cm, the pericarp 5-10 mm thick; operculum convex, not umbonate. Seeds unknown.
Discussion:
The timber is used for fence posts because it splits easily and because it resists rot, and the fibrous inner bark is used by natives for cordage.Eschweilera subglandulosa is distinguished by its shiny adaxial leaf surfaces and fruits with a light brown, rough exocarp. In the field, the well-developed buttresses and the bark, which peels in irregular plates, aid in the identification of this species.
The timber is used for fence posts because it splits easily and because it resists rot, and the fibrous inner bark is used by natives for cordage.Eschweilera subglandulosa is distinguished by its shiny adaxial leaf surfaces and fruits with a light brown, rough exocarp. In the field, the well-developed buttresses and the bark, which peels in irregular plates, aid in the identification of this species.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Monagas Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America|
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Monagas Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America|
Common Names:
kakaralli, barklak, man-barklak, oeman barkrakkie, guatecale, cacao, cascarare, coco de mono, honokoli, guayare hokotomali, majagiiillo, ollita, oripopo, Tabari, tampipio, tapa de tabaca
kakaralli, barklak, man-barklak, oeman barkrakkie, guatecale, cacao, cascarare, coco de mono, honokoli, guayare hokotomali, majagiiillo, ollita, oripopo, Tabari, tampipio, tapa de tabaca