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 6-30 m tall, the trunk 1.5-10 dm diameter with purplish-red sap (fide Sandwith), the branchlets minutely strigulose, glabrescent; stipules caducous, 0.5-1.5 mm long, triangular, glabrous; petioles terete, (2.5-)3.5-5.5(-12) cm long, glabrous or sparingly strigulose minutely; rachis 5.5-9(-15) cm long, terete, glabrous or sparingly strigulose minutely; leaflets 2- or 3-(-4-) jugate, the petiolules (3-)6-10 mm long, glabrous or minutely strigulose sparingly, the blades coriaceous, usually somewhat devolute marginally, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, (6-)9-14(-19.5) cm long, (3-)4-8(-9.5) cm wide, the basal pair smaller and relatively broader, all the blades rounded-obtuse to subobtuse or acute basally, the apex acuminate or bluntly acuminate, the lower surface glabrous or sometimes minutely strigulose and glaucous, glabrous above, the venation subobscure to obscure, the costa impressed on the upper surface, salient beneath, the venules plane or on the upper surface impressed; inflorescences axillary, compound-racemose, the flowers strongly ascending, the axis (8-) 15-20(-43) cm long, minutely strigulose sparingly, the bracts deciduous to persistent, 1-3 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, triangular to narrowly triangular, sparingly strigulose minutely on the outer surface, glabrous within, the bracteoles lacking; pedicels (4-)6-10(-15) mm long, minutely strigulose; buds globose to oval in outline, umbonate, minutely strigulose sparingly to densely so, ca 5-6 mm diameter; calyx segments 4 or 5, thin, the buds usually appearing somewhat wrinkled from drying pressure, the segments persistent, at least in part, with the fruits, minutely strigulose sparingly on the outer surface, glabrous within; petal white, glabrous, the claw 2 mm long, the blade rounded to oblate, cordate, 4-8 mm long, 5-10 mm wide; larger stamens 4, the filaments 5-6.5 mm long, glabrous or infrequently sparsely villosulose minutely, the anthers 1.5-2 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, oblong, glabrous, the smaller stamens with glabrous filaments 5-6 mm long; stigma punctiform; style 0.7-1 mm long, sericeous basally; ovary oval to oblong, 2.5-4 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, sericeous to velutinous; gynophore 2.5-4 mm long, sericeous; fruits woody, indehiscent, arcuate-oblong, oval, ovate, or obovate in outline, elliptic to oval in cross-section, compressed laterally, 5.5-8 cm long, 3.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, the stipe 7-14 mm long, glabrous or sparingly strigulose.
Description - Tree 6-30 m tall, the trunk 1.5-10 dm diameter with purplish-red sap (fide Sandwith), the branchlets minutely strigulose, glabrescent; stipules caducous, 0.5-1.5 mm long, triangular, glabrous; petioles terete, (2.5-)3.5-5.5(-12) cm long, glabrous or sparingly strigulose minutely; rachis 5.5-9(-15) cm long, terete, glabrous or sparingly strigulose minutely; leaflets 2- or 3-(-4-) jugate, the petiolules (3-)6-10 mm long, glabrous or minutely strigulose sparingly, the blades coriaceous, usually somewhat devolute marginally, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, (6-)9-14(-19.5) cm long, (3-)4-8(-9.5) cm wide, the basal pair smaller and relatively broader, all the blades rounded-obtuse to subobtuse or acute basally, the apex acuminate or bluntly acuminate, the lower surface glabrous or sometimes minutely strigulose and glaucous, glabrous above, the venation subobscure to obscure, the costa impressed on the upper surface, salient beneath, the venules plane or on the upper surface impressed; inflorescences axillary, compound-racemose, the flowers strongly ascending, the axis (8-) 15-20(-43) cm long, minutely strigulose sparingly, the bracts deciduous to persistent, 1-3 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, triangular to narrowly triangular, sparingly strigulose minutely on the outer surface, glabrous within, the bracteoles lacking; pedicels (4-)6-10(-15) mm long, minutely strigulose; buds globose to oval in outline, umbonate, minutely strigulose sparingly to densely so, ca 5-6 mm diameter; calyx segments 4 or 5, thin, the buds usually appearing somewhat wrinkled from drying pressure, the segments persistent, at least in part, with the fruits, minutely strigulose sparingly on the outer surface, glabrous within; petal white, glabrous, the claw 2 mm long, the blade rounded to oblate, cordate, 4-8 mm long, 5-10 mm wide; larger stamens 4, the filaments 5-6.5 mm long, glabrous or infrequently sparsely villosulose minutely, the anthers 1.5-2 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, oblong, glabrous, the smaller stamens with glabrous filaments 5-6 mm long; stigma punctiform; style 0.7-1 mm long, sericeous basally; ovary oval to oblong, 2.5-4 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, sericeous to velutinous; gynophore 2.5-4 mm long, sericeous; fruits woody, indehiscent, arcuate-oblong, oval, ovate, or obovate in outline, elliptic to oval in cross-section, compressed laterally, 5.5-8 cm long, 3.5-5 cm wide, glabrous, the stipe 7-14 mm long, glabrous or sparingly strigulose.
Discussion:
Earlier authors, including Bentham in the Flora Brasiliensis, confused this species with S. benthamiana, which it resembles very closely. In addition to its smooth fruits, S. laevicarpa is also different from its nearest relative by the smooth, umbonate buds; the buds in S. benthamiana are distinctly verruculose and not at all umbonate and its fruits are conspicuously lamellate-ridged.
Earlier authors, including Bentham in the Flora Brasiliensis, confused this species with S. benthamiana, which it resembles very closely. In addition to its smooth fruits, S. laevicarpa is also different from its nearest relative by the smooth, umbonate buds; the buds in S. benthamiana are distinctly verruculose and not at all umbonate and its fruits are conspicuously lamellate-ridged.
Distribution:
Colombia South America| Vaupés Colombia South America| Amazonas Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|
Colombia South America| Vaupés Colombia South America| Amazonas Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|
Common Names:
Itikiburaballi, saboarana, saboarana branca
Itikiburaballi, saboarana, saboarana branca