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:
Description - Tree, the young branches puberulous, becoming glabrous and lenticellate with age. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, 9.0-13.0 cm long, 4.5-7.0 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 8.0-15.0 mm long, rounded at base, glabrous above, lower surface with well developed stomatal cavities filled with lanate pubescence, the reticulations glabrous; midrib glabrous above, plane; primary veins 5-6 pairs, prominent beneath plane above; petioles 7.0-10.0 mm long, pubescent, becoming glabrous with age, eglandular, canaliculate. Stipules caducous (not seen). Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches puberulous. Flowers not seen. Fruit (immature) with a tomentose epicarp.
Description - Tree, the young branches puberulous, becoming glabrous and lenticellate with age. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, 9.0-13.0 cm long, 4.5-7.0 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 8.0-15.0 mm long, rounded at base, glabrous above, lower surface with well developed stomatal cavities filled with lanate pubescence, the reticulations glabrous; midrib glabrous above, plane; primary veins 5-6 pairs, prominent beneath plane above; petioles 7.0-10.0 mm long, pubescent, becoming glabrous with age, eglandular, canaliculate. Stipules caducous (not seen). Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches puberulous. Flowers not seen. Fruit (immature) with a tomentose epicarp.
Discussion:
This species was described from very poor material, and no new material matches it. Licania roraimensis is related to L. triandra, L. bracteata and L. parviflora.
This species was described from very poor material, and no new material matches it. Licania roraimensis is related to L. triandra, L. bracteata and L. parviflora.