Monographs Details:
Authority:
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor, ramulis juvenilibus puberulis mox glabris, lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata, petiolo 15.0-20.0 mm longo, tereti, pubescente mox glabro, eglanduloso; laminae oblongae, coriaceae, 15.0-24.0 cm longae, 6.0-10.0 cm latae, apice in acuminem 6.0-12.0 mm longum contractae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, supra glabrae, subtus cum cavis stomatalis foveolatae; costa media supra prominente, glabra; costis secundariis 10-12 jugis, subtus prominentibus, supra leviter prominentibus. Stipulae caducae (haud visae). Flores circa 4.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis racemosis terminalibus dispositi, rachi ramisque brunneo-tomentosis. Bracteae primariae ovatae, ad 15.0 mm longae, subpersistentes, extus puberulae, aliae bracteae bracteolaeque lanceolatae vel oblongae, parvae, eglandulosae, persistentes. Receptaculum complanato-cupuliforme, subsessile, extus brunneo-tomentosum, intus puberulum. Calycis-lobi acuti, extus tomentosi, intus tomentelli. Petala nulla. Stamina 8, in orbem completum disposita, filamenta glabra, ad basim libera, exserta. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, dense lanato-pubescentum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobos excedens, puberulus. Drupa globosa; epicarpio sordido-pubescentio; pericarpio tenue, fibroso.
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor, ramulis juvenilibus puberulis mox glabris, lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata, petiolo 15.0-20.0 mm longo, tereti, pubescente mox glabro, eglanduloso; laminae oblongae, coriaceae, 15.0-24.0 cm longae, 6.0-10.0 cm latae, apice in acuminem 6.0-12.0 mm longum contractae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, supra glabrae, subtus cum cavis stomatalis foveolatae; costa media supra prominente, glabra; costis secundariis 10-12 jugis, subtus prominentibus, supra leviter prominentibus. Stipulae caducae (haud visae). Flores circa 4.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis racemosis terminalibus dispositi, rachi ramisque brunneo-tomentosis. Bracteae primariae ovatae, ad 15.0 mm longae, subpersistentes, extus puberulae, aliae bracteae bracteolaeque lanceolatae vel oblongae, parvae, eglandulosae, persistentes. Receptaculum complanato-cupuliforme, subsessile, extus brunneo-tomentosum, intus puberulum. Calycis-lobi acuti, extus tomentosi, intus tomentelli. Petala nulla. Stamina 8, in orbem completum disposita, filamenta glabra, ad basim libera, exserta. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, dense lanato-pubescentum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobos excedens, puberulus. Drupa globosa; epicarpio sordido-pubescentio; pericarpio tenue, fibroso.
Discussion:
This species is most closely related to L. longistyla, but differs in the larger inflorescence with much thicker branches, the larger flowers, the flattened receptacle with a large prominent disc, the lanate mass surrounding the ovary, the thicker leaves, and the longer petioles.
This species is most closely related to L. longistyla, but differs in the larger inflorescence with much thicker branches, the larger flowers, the flattened receptacle with a large prominent disc, the lanate mass surrounding the ovary, the thicker leaves, and the longer petioles.