Monographs Details:
Authority:
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Description:
Description - Trees, small, to 6 m; leaf-bearing branches to 12 mm in diam., the leaves loosely aggregated in 1 to 3 whorls at their ends. Leaf blades sessile, spathulate, 25-53 x 7-16 cm, glabrous, with inconspicuous reddish punctae abaxially, coriaceous, with 23-27 pairs of lateral veins; apices acuminate; bases ± auriculate; margins entire towards the base, serrulate towards the apex. Inflorescences fascicular, in axils of lower leaves or from branches just below the leaves, with 3-5 flowers, the rachis much reduced, usually less than 7 mm; pedicels glabrous, subtended by a single oblong or ovate, cucullate bract 23 x 2-2.5 mm and bearing just above the base 2 ovate, caducous bracteoles 2 x 2 mm. Flowers ca 4 cm in diam.; calyx enclosing the bud, splitting into an irregularly incised rim at anthesis; petals 4, obovate or elliptic, 14-20 x 7-10 mm, white; androecium with ca 195 stamens, the outermost filaments 7-10 mm, the anthers 0.7 mm; ovary glabrous, 4-locular, each locule with 2 ovules; style lacking; stigma with 4 lobes. Fruits truncate at the apex, 50-60 mm in diam, light yellow at maturity.
Description - Trees, small, to 6 m; leaf-bearing branches to 12 mm in diam., the leaves loosely aggregated in 1 to 3 whorls at their ends. Leaf blades sessile, spathulate, 25-53 x 7-16 cm, glabrous, with inconspicuous reddish punctae abaxially, coriaceous, with 23-27 pairs of lateral veins; apices acuminate; bases ± auriculate; margins entire towards the base, serrulate towards the apex. Inflorescences fascicular, in axils of lower leaves or from branches just below the leaves, with 3-5 flowers, the rachis much reduced, usually less than 7 mm; pedicels glabrous, subtended by a single oblong or ovate, cucullate bract 23 x 2-2.5 mm and bearing just above the base 2 ovate, caducous bracteoles 2 x 2 mm. Flowers ca 4 cm in diam.; calyx enclosing the bud, splitting into an irregularly incised rim at anthesis; petals 4, obovate or elliptic, 14-20 x 7-10 mm, white; androecium with ca 195 stamens, the outermost filaments 7-10 mm, the anthers 0.7 mm; ovary glabrous, 4-locular, each locule with 2 ovules; style lacking; stigma with 4 lobes. Fruits truncate at the apex, 50-60 mm in diam, light yellow at maturity.
Discussion:
The relatively small, sessile, spathulate leaves in combination with the fasicular inflorescences in the axils of the leaves or on the branches just below the leaves characterize this species.
The relatively small, sessile, spathulate leaves in combination with the fasicular inflorescences in the axils of the leaves or on the branches just below the leaves characterize this species.
Distribution:
Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America|
Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America|