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:
Lecythis integrifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex Miers, Lecythis subiflora Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.Lopez, Eschweilera garagarae Pittier, Eschweilera woodsoniana Dwyer
Lecythis integrifolia Ruiz & Pav. ex Miers, Lecythis subiflora Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.Lopez, Eschweilera garagarae Pittier, Eschweilera woodsoniana Dwyer
Description:
Description - Small trees, to 9 m x 15 cm. Leaf blades usually elliptic, less frequently narrowly ovate or narrowly obovate, 11-25 x 5-8 cm, glabrous, often with reddish-brown punctae abaxially, with 10-14 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate; base acute to obtuse; margins entire; petiole 6-10 mm long. Inflorescences mostly terminal or in axils of uppermost leaves, sometimes from branches below leaves, of simple racemes, infrequently weakly branched at base, the rachis 2-5 cm long, puberulous, lenticellate, often slightly zig-zag, the pedicels 3-5 mm long. Flowers ca. 3 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely ovate to ovate, 3-6 x 2.5-5.0 mm, ascending, scarcely imbricate at very base, convex abaxially, flat to concave adaxially; petals six, widely to narrowly obovate, 17-26 x 11-16 mm, purple; hood of androecium 15-18 x 16-19 mm, forming triple coil, purple; staminal ring with 175-265 stamens, the filaments 1-1.2 mm long, markedly clavate, the anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long; hypanthium cuneate to slightly truncate, puberulous; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 6-7 ovules attached to hemispherical placenta, the placenta inserted towards base of septum, the style erect, 2-3 mm long. Fruits, including operculum, depressed globose, 2.5 x 4.5-6 cm, the pericarp 13 mm thick; operculum convex, without umbo. Seeds 6-7 per fruit, 2.5-3 x 1.5-2.5 cm, with slender aril on lower half.
Description - Small trees, to 9 m x 15 cm. Leaf blades usually elliptic, less frequently narrowly ovate or narrowly obovate, 11-25 x 5-8 cm, glabrous, often with reddish-brown punctae abaxially, with 10-14 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate; base acute to obtuse; margins entire; petiole 6-10 mm long. Inflorescences mostly terminal or in axils of uppermost leaves, sometimes from branches below leaves, of simple racemes, infrequently weakly branched at base, the rachis 2-5 cm long, puberulous, lenticellate, often slightly zig-zag, the pedicels 3-5 mm long. Flowers ca. 3 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes very widely ovate to ovate, 3-6 x 2.5-5.0 mm, ascending, scarcely imbricate at very base, convex abaxially, flat to concave adaxially; petals six, widely to narrowly obovate, 17-26 x 11-16 mm, purple; hood of androecium 15-18 x 16-19 mm, forming triple coil, purple; staminal ring with 175-265 stamens, the filaments 1-1.2 mm long, markedly clavate, the anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long; hypanthium cuneate to slightly truncate, puberulous; ovary 2-locular, each locule with 6-7 ovules attached to hemispherical placenta, the placenta inserted towards base of septum, the style erect, 2-3 mm long. Fruits, including operculum, depressed globose, 2.5 x 4.5-6 cm, the pericarp 13 mm thick; operculum convex, without umbo. Seeds 6-7 per fruit, 2.5-3 x 1.5-2.5 cm, with slender aril on lower half.
Discussion:
Eschweilera integrifolia is distinguished by its relatively small stature, simple inflorescence with short rachis, purple flowers, androecium with a triple coil, and relatively thin-walled fruits. Its leaves are indistinguishable from E. pittieri but these two species can be easily separated by their distinct flowers and fruits.
Eschweilera integrifolia is distinguished by its relatively small stature, simple inflorescence with short rachis, purple flowers, androecium with a triple coil, and relatively thin-walled fruits. Its leaves are indistinguishable from E. pittieri but these two species can be easily separated by their distinct flowers and fruits.
Distribution:
Panama Central America| Colón Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Esmeraldas Ecuador South America|
Panama Central America| Colón Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Esmeraldas Ecuador South America|