Monographs Details:
Authority:

Prance, Ghillean T. 1989. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 1-267. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:

Chrysobalanaceae
Scientific Name:

Licania caudata Prance
Description:

Description - Fruit oblong, 25 × 8 mm; exocarp smooth and glabrous, often slightly rugulose, wrinkled when dry; mesocarp thin, 0.25 mm thick, fleshy; endocarp thin 0.5 mm thick, bony, slightly puberulous within.

Discussion:

This species was described from three collections from the vicinity of Manaus. It has turned out to be a widespread and common Amazonian species, occurring in both inundated and terra firme forest.