Monographs Details:
Authority:
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Cowan, Richard S. 1967. Swartzia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae Swartzieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 1: 3-228. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Description:
Description - Tree 3-10 m tall, the branchlets densely strigulose minutely; stipules persistent, 1.5-2 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, strigulose densely; leaves unifoliolate, the petioles 5-9 mm long, shortly stipellate apically, densely strigulose minutely, the petiolules 3-4 mm long, densely strigulose minutely, the blades glabrous, 9.5-17 cm long, 3.5-7 cm wide, oblong to elliptic, the base rounded, obtuse to acute, acuminate apically, the venation prominulus, the costa and primary veins salient on both surfaces of the leaflets or the costa impressed above; inflorescences axillary, the axes densely strigulose minutely, 3-6 cm long, the bracts persistent, ca 1.5 mm long, linear, densely strigulose, the bracteoles 1-2 mm long, lanceolate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, densely strigulose; pedicels (10-) 15-24 mm long, densely strigulose; buds oval in outline, ca 9 mm long and 7 mm diameter; calyx segments 4, persistent with the mature fruits, densely strigulose externally, pilose within but glabrescent; petal (in bud) white, the blade broadly ovate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, sericeous externally, glabrous within; larger stamens 5, glabrous, the anthers linear-lanceolate; gynoecium glabrous except for the densely strigose margins and apex of the gynophore, the stigma punctiform, the style glabrous, ca 1 mm long, the ovary oblong; fruit 2.5-3 cm long, ca 1.8 cm diameter, oval in outline, glabrous, orange-colored, the stipe 12-15 mm long, glabrous; seed 1 per fruit, ca 22 mm long and 12 mm diameter, elliptic in outline, black, nitid, the aril white, fimbriate, covering most of one side of the seed.
Description - Tree 3-10 m tall, the branchlets densely strigulose minutely; stipules persistent, 1.5-2 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, strigulose densely; leaves unifoliolate, the petioles 5-9 mm long, shortly stipellate apically, densely strigulose minutely, the petiolules 3-4 mm long, densely strigulose minutely, the blades glabrous, 9.5-17 cm long, 3.5-7 cm wide, oblong to elliptic, the base rounded, obtuse to acute, acuminate apically, the venation prominulus, the costa and primary veins salient on both surfaces of the leaflets or the costa impressed above; inflorescences axillary, the axes densely strigulose minutely, 3-6 cm long, the bracts persistent, ca 1.5 mm long, linear, densely strigulose, the bracteoles 1-2 mm long, lanceolate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, densely strigulose; pedicels (10-) 15-24 mm long, densely strigulose; buds oval in outline, ca 9 mm long and 7 mm diameter; calyx segments 4, persistent with the mature fruits, densely strigulose externally, pilose within but glabrescent; petal (in bud) white, the blade broadly ovate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, sericeous externally, glabrous within; larger stamens 5, glabrous, the anthers linear-lanceolate; gynoecium glabrous except for the densely strigose margins and apex of the gynophore, the stigma punctiform, the style glabrous, ca 1 mm long, the ovary oblong; fruit 2.5-3 cm long, ca 1.8 cm diameter, oval in outline, glabrous, orange-colored, the stipe 12-15 mm long, glabrous; seed 1 per fruit, ca 22 mm long and 12 mm diameter, elliptic in outline, black, nitid, the aril white, fimbriate, covering most of one side of the seed.
Discussion:
This species is even closer to S. fimbriata than was supposed at the time of the original publication, but the distribution of the pubescence on the ovary, the form of the leaflets, and the sericeous petal of S. maguirei amply separate the two taxa.
This species is even closer to S. fimbriata than was supposed at the time of the original publication, but the distribution of the pubescence on the ovary, the form of the leaflets, and the sericeous petal of S. maguirei amply separate the two taxa.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America|
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America|