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:
Eschweilera cauliflora R.Knuth
Eschweilera cauliflora R.Knuth
Description:
Description - Small to medium sized trees, 3-15 m tall. Leaf blades usually elliptic to narrowly elliptic, infrequently lanceolate, 13-27 x 5-11 cm, glabrous, punctate abaxially, with 12-17 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate to very long acuminate or attenuate; base acute, obtuse, or rounded; margins entire; petiole 5-11 mm long. Inflorescences usually cauline, often from woody outgrowth on trunk, less frequently in axils of uppermost leaves, simple racemes, often with several arising from same place, the rachis, 3.5-20 cm long, often very slender, flowers usually widely spaced, the pedicel bases persisting as woody knobs, the pedicels 7-12 mm long, glabrous, without conspicuous lenticels. Flowers 5-7 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely to widely ovate, 35 x 4-5.5 mm, spreading, not imbricate, convex abaxially, concave adaxially; petals six, widely obovate, 24-44 x 17-31 mm, purple; hood of androecium 19-28 x 20-25 mm, forming double coil, purple; staminal ring with 170-326 stamens, the filaments 2-3 mm long, clavate, purple at base, white at apex or completely white, the anthers 0.5-1.0 mm long, yellow; hypanthium cuneate, glabrous, not conspicuously lenticellate but sometimes minutely papillate; ovary 2(-3)-locular, each locule with 5-11 ovules attached to placenta on floor of locule, the style 4-6 mm long. Immature fruits turbinate; operculum with conspicuous umbo. Immature seeds with well-developed lateral aril.
Description - Small to medium sized trees, 3-15 m tall. Leaf blades usually elliptic to narrowly elliptic, infrequently lanceolate, 13-27 x 5-11 cm, glabrous, punctate abaxially, with 12-17 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate to very long acuminate or attenuate; base acute, obtuse, or rounded; margins entire; petiole 5-11 mm long. Inflorescences usually cauline, often from woody outgrowth on trunk, less frequently in axils of uppermost leaves, simple racemes, often with several arising from same place, the rachis, 3.5-20 cm long, often very slender, flowers usually widely spaced, the pedicel bases persisting as woody knobs, the pedicels 7-12 mm long, glabrous, without conspicuous lenticels. Flowers 5-7 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely to widely ovate, 35 x 4-5.5 mm, spreading, not imbricate, convex abaxially, concave adaxially; petals six, widely obovate, 24-44 x 17-31 mm, purple; hood of androecium 19-28 x 20-25 mm, forming double coil, purple; staminal ring with 170-326 stamens, the filaments 2-3 mm long, clavate, purple at base, white at apex or completely white, the anthers 0.5-1.0 mm long, yellow; hypanthium cuneate, glabrous, not conspicuously lenticellate but sometimes minutely papillate; ovary 2(-3)-locular, each locule with 5-11 ovules attached to placenta on floor of locule, the style 4-6 mm long. Immature fruits turbinate; operculum with conspicuous umbo. Immature seeds with well-developed lateral aril.
Discussion:
Eschweilera caudiculata is characterized by its cauline inflorescences which often possess long slender rachises; purple flowers with spreading, small, non-imbricate Calyx-lobes; androecial hood with a double coil; and seeds with a well-developed lateral aril, at least in those immature ones examined. Although the inflorescences are predominantly cauline, an occasional individual may have some of its inflorescences arising in the axils of the leaves. Similarly, the rachises are usually long and slender but some collections possess shorter ones, which probably reflect their developmental stage.Eschweilera caudiculata displays considerable variation in size, shape, and apex attenuation of the leaves. Nevertheless, all collections possess characteristically chartaceous leaves with the secondary veins salient abaxially and slightly impressed adaxially. The tertiaries are prominulous on the abaxial surface. The apex is very long acuminate or attenuate in those collections most closely matching the type but may be short acuminate in other collections. Samaniego & Vivar 049 from southern Ecuador has somewhat narrower leaves than normal.
Eschweilera caudiculata is characterized by its cauline inflorescences which often possess long slender rachises; purple flowers with spreading, small, non-imbricate Calyx-lobes; androecial hood with a double coil; and seeds with a well-developed lateral aril, at least in those immature ones examined. Although the inflorescences are predominantly cauline, an occasional individual may have some of its inflorescences arising in the axils of the leaves. Similarly, the rachises are usually long and slender but some collections possess shorter ones, which probably reflect their developmental stage.Eschweilera caudiculata displays considerable variation in size, shape, and apex attenuation of the leaves. Nevertheless, all collections possess characteristically chartaceous leaves with the secondary veins salient abaxially and slightly impressed adaxially. The tertiaries are prominulous on the abaxial surface. The apex is very long acuminate or attenuate in those collections most closely matching the type but may be short acuminate in other collections. Samaniego & Vivar 049 from southern Ecuador has somewhat narrower leaves than normal.
Distribution:
Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Loja Ecuador South America| Pastaza Ecuador South America|
Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Loja Ecuador South America| Pastaza Ecuador South America|
Common Names:
cabuyo, alfeñique
cabuyo, alfeñique