Sorocea duckei W.C.Burger

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and (Moraceae): With introductions to the family and and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83: 1-346. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sorocea duckei W.C.Burger

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Pará: Santarém, Genipatuba, 2 Feb 1933 ([female] fr), Ducke RB 23995 (lectotype, Burger, Lanjouw & Wessels Boer, Acta Bot. Neerl. 11: 473. 1962, RB-n.v.; isolectotypes, B, G, K, U, US).

  • Synonyms

    Paraclarisia amazonica Ducke

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrub or tree, to 7 m tall. Leafy twigs 1-3 mm thick, hispidulous to puberulous; lenticels inconspicuous. Lamina oblong, (2-)5-12 × (1 -)2-5 cm, broadest at or above the middle, (almost) equilateral, chartaceous to (brittle) subcoriaceous; apex acute to subacuminate to obtuse; base acute to obtuse; margin entire, sometimes obscurely denticulate; upper surface scabrous to scabridulous; lower surface on the main veins scabrous, on the smaller veins tomentose to hirtellous; venation slightly impressed to plane above, prominent beneath; lateral veins (6-)9-12 pairs; tertiary venation partly scalariform to reticulate; petiole 0.2-0.8 cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick, scabrous; stipules 0.1-0.4 cm long, puberulous, caducous. Staminate inflorescences subcapitate, 0.4-0.6 cm diam.; peduncle 0.1-0.3 cm long, puberulous, bracteate; flowers sessile; tepals 4, free, ca. 1.5 mm long, membranaceous, minutely puberulous; stamens 4; filaments 0.1-0.3 mm long; anthers 0.6-0.7 × 0.5-0.7 mm, the connective broad, not apiculate. Pistillate inflorescences with 1-2(-3) flowers; peduncle 0.1-0.3 cm long, puberulous, bracteate; flowers sessile, but subsessile or with pedicels to 0.2 cm long in fruit; perianth ca. 2-2.5 mm long, 4-lobed to subentire, the upper part sparsely and minutely puberulous; stigmas subulate, 2-3 mm long, finely papillate. Fruiting perianth ellipsoid to subglobose (to obovoid), 1.2-1.5 × 1-1.3 cm, ± apiculate, purple to black, the surface smooth (or slightly wrinkled?), subglabrous.

  • Common Names

    uvo de monte, Caimbe, caimbé, caimbe miúdo, caraipé, caraipé do igapó, janita

  • Distribution

    In the upper Amazon Basin, mainly along the Amazon River, also near Santarem (Para); in periodically inundated margins of rivers and lakes.

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