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:
Couratari cornu Ducke & R.Knuth
Couratari cornu Ducke & R.Knuth
Description:
Description - Trees, to 12 m tall, usually smaller, unbuttressed, the young branches minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaf blades elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 3.5-9 x 2.5-5.7 cm, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, often papillose beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent and glabrous beneath; secondary veins 7-12 pairs, prominulous and glabrous on both surfaces, the tertiary venation distinctly prominulous on both surfaces; apex bluntly acute to acuminate; base rounded to cuneate; margins undulate, almost entire or slightly crenulate; petiole 11-20 mm long, glabrous, flattened-terete, not winged. Inflorescences of rather lax terminal racemes or paniculate arrangements of racemes, the rachis and rachillae sparsely puberulous; bracts oblong, ca. 4 mm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, with ciliate margins, caducous; pedicels 2-4 cm long, puberulous. Flowers with hypanthium campanulate, 3-5 mm long; calyx lobes rounded-triangular, puberulous on exterior, with ciliate margins; petals oblong-spathulate, 2.2-3.5 cm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, glabrous within, ciliate on margins, reddish-pink; androecium 3.55 cm long, the staminal ring 10-13 mm in diam., the exterior of hood pustulate-rugulose, glabrous, the stamens 35-50, inserted in more than one row around staminal ring, extending slightly up interior of ligule in several rows. Fruits narrowly cylindrical-campanulate, broadest at apex, gradually tapering to base, 3.2-4.5 (excluding the stipe) x 1.8-2.3 cm, with thin stipe 1.8-2.5 cm long, longitudinally striate on exterior, smooth, not crustaceous, thin, coriaceous, ca. 0.5-1 mm thick, the calycine ring 4-8 mm below apex, plane, not ridged, operculum convex to concave, the columella markedly triangular. Seeds oblong, slightly curved, 3.5-4 x 1.2-1.5 cm.
Description - Trees, to 12 m tall, usually smaller, unbuttressed, the young branches minutely puberulous or glabrous. Leaf blades elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 3.5-9 x 2.5-5.7 cm, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, often papillose beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent and glabrous beneath; secondary veins 7-12 pairs, prominulous and glabrous on both surfaces, the tertiary venation distinctly prominulous on both surfaces; apex bluntly acute to acuminate; base rounded to cuneate; margins undulate, almost entire or slightly crenulate; petiole 11-20 mm long, glabrous, flattened-terete, not winged. Inflorescences of rather lax terminal racemes or paniculate arrangements of racemes, the rachis and rachillae sparsely puberulous; bracts oblong, ca. 4 mm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, with ciliate margins, caducous; pedicels 2-4 cm long, puberulous. Flowers with hypanthium campanulate, 3-5 mm long; calyx lobes rounded-triangular, puberulous on exterior, with ciliate margins; petals oblong-spathulate, 2.2-3.5 cm long, sparsely puberulous on exterior, glabrous within, ciliate on margins, reddish-pink; androecium 3.55 cm long, the staminal ring 10-13 mm in diam., the exterior of hood pustulate-rugulose, glabrous, the stamens 35-50, inserted in more than one row around staminal ring, extending slightly up interior of ligule in several rows. Fruits narrowly cylindrical-campanulate, broadest at apex, gradually tapering to base, 3.2-4.5 (excluding the stipe) x 1.8-2.3 cm, with thin stipe 1.8-2.5 cm long, longitudinally striate on exterior, smooth, not crustaceous, thin, coriaceous, ca. 0.5-1 mm thick, the calycine ring 4-8 mm below apex, plane, not ridged, operculum convex to concave, the columella markedly triangular. Seeds oblong, slightly curved, 3.5-4 x 1.2-1.5 cm.
Discussion:
The relationships of this species are discussed at the beginning of sect. Microcarpa.
The relationships of this species are discussed at the beginning of sect. Microcarpa.
Distribution:
Peru South America| Loreto Peru South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America|
Peru South America| Loreto Peru South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America|
Common Names:
shurú de macaco, Tauarí, tauari do igapó
shurú de macaco, Tauarí, tauari do igapó