Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma

  • Authority

    Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma

  • Type

    Type. Surinam. Zanderij 1, Nov 1915 (fl), BW 1385 (holotype, U; isotypes, A, G, K, MO, NY, RB).

  • Synonyms

    Franchetella gongrijpii (Eyma) Aubrév.

  • Description

    Species Description - Tree; young shoots minutely appressed puberulous, becoming glabrous, greyish, smooth, often lenticellate. Leaves spaced, spirally arranged, 14-22.5 × 5.5-7.5 cm, usually oblanceolate, less frequently elliptic, apex narrowly acuminate, base narrowly attenuate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely appressed puberulous below with minute closely appressed hairs; venation eucamptodromous, midrib slightly raised on the upper surface, secondary veins 8-13 pairs, convergent, arcuate; intersecondaries short to moderately long; tertiaries few, widely spaced, reticulate; fine areolate quaternary reticulum visible on the lower or both surfaces. Petiole 0.7-1.2 cm long, not channelled, sparsely appressed puberulous to glabrous. Fascicles axillary and in the axils of fallen leaves, 5-20-flowered. Pedicel 2-7 mm long, appressed puberulous. Flowers unisexual and bisexual (? functionally male) (plant probably dioecious). Sepals five, 1.5-2 mm long, ovate, apex acute or obtuse, appressed puberulous outside, glabrous or rarely appressed puberulous inside, sometimes slightly ciliate. Corolla 2.5-3 mm long (2-2.25 mm long in female), tube equalling the lobes; lobes five, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, apex acute to rounded, glabrous. Stamens five, fixed at the apex of the corolla tube; filaments 0.4-0.5 mm long, glabrous; anthers 0.50.6 mm long, lanceolate to ovate, sometimes shortly apiculate, sparsely hairy or glabrous; stamens converted to lanceolate staminodes in female flower. Staminodes five, 0.75-1 mm long, narrowly triangular, glabrous or with a few hairs at the apex. Disk absent. Ovary broadly conical to ovoid or truncate, unilocular, appressed puberulous; style 0.5-1 mm long after anthesis, glabrous; style-head simple. Fruit 3-3.3 cm long, ellipsoid, apex rounded, base tapering to a short stipe, smooth, subglabrous. Seed solitary, 2-2.2 cm long, oblong, rounded or obtuse at both ends, not laterally compressed, testa smooth, adherent to the pericarp, ca. 1 mm thick; scar adaxial, full-length, ca. 4 mm wide, very rough and warty; embryo with plano-convex, free cotyledons, radicle extending to the surface; endosperm absent. Field characters. Tree to 28 m high and 40 cm diam. with small buttresses. Bole cylindrical, with reddish-brown bark exfoliating in thin scales; slash orange or red, with copious sticky white latex. Flowers pale green to yellowish-green, strongly scented, fruit ripening orange. Flowering Sep to Jan, fruit Jan to Jun.

  • Discussion

    Distribution and Ecology: Venezuela, Surinam and N Brazil in mixed lowland forest on non-flooded land from near sea level to 600 m altitude. It is a common component of the middle and upper storeys of rain forest in Surinam (Schulz 1960: 168). Specimens from wet montane forest (up to 1200 m altitude) in Venezuela are tentatively included in this species.

  • Common Names

    Abiu, akoinsiba, aprahoedoe, Balata poirier, kokeritji balli, niamboka, pepe boiti, zolive

  • Objects

    Pending, T. D. Pennington 12189, Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma, Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, French Guiana, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

    Specimen - 00860132, N. A. Rosa 3024, Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma, Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Açailândia Mun.

    Specimen - 01211858, R. de Lemos Fróes 23568, Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma, Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

    Specimen - 01211859, J. M. Pires 4445, Pouteria gongrijpii Eyma, Sapotaceae (269.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Pará

  • Distribution

    Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Zulia Venezuela South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|