Pourouma melinonii Benoist subsp. melinonii

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C., et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51: 1-208. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Urticaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pourouma melinonii Benoist subsp. melinonii

  • Synonyms

    Pourouma apaporiensis Cuatrec., Pourouma apaporiensis f. macrophylla Cuatrec.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Leafy twigs hairy or subglabrous. Lamina mostly entire with a rounded to truncate base, sometimes 3-lobed with a truncate to subcordate base, occasionally 3-parted with a deeply cordate base; lower surface on the veins ± sparsely hairy, mostly with appressed hairs, sometimes with patent hairs. Stamens with (almost) free filaments. Fruiting perianth sparsely or ± densely puberulous to subvelutinous.

  • Discussion

    The collection from Amazonian Colombia, including the type collection of P. apaporiensis, have deeply cordate leaves, like the material of subsp. glabrata, but in contrast to the other collections of subsp. melinonii. Pistillate specimens from this area can be distinguished from those of subsp. glabrata in the dense indument of the perianth of the pistillate flower.

    The description of P. melinonii was based on the collections Kappler 1272 (from Suriname) and three collections made in French Guiana: Sagot 517 (p.p.), Sagot 990, and Melinon 457. Sagot 990 has been selected as the lectotype collection (Berg, 1975). The (Hostmann &) Kappler collection has the same number as a collection of Hostmann (& Kappler) of P. mollis subsp. mollis.

  • Common Names

    kaiwarikai, yagrumo-sunsun, Boroma, bospapaja, granboesipapaja, poeroema, puruma, yarayara, Bois canon, papaye apici, dakamtazshuiya, mimpashuiya washi shuina, uvilla, imbaübarana, mapatirana

  • Distribution

    Colombia (Amazonas), Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Peru (Amazonas and Loreto), and Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Para); in non-inundated forest at low altitudes)

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