Lecythis Loefl.
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Authority
Mori, S. A. & Lepsch da Cunha, Nadia M. 1995. The Lecythidaceae of a central Amazonian moist forest. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 75: 1-55.
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Family
Lecythidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Emergent trees, to 45 m tall, unbuttressed, sometimes slightly swollen at base. Bark fissured, the inner bark red. Twigs 2-2.5 mm thick. Leaves not deciduous; petioles 7-13 mm long; blades elliptic to widely elliptic, 8.5-14.5 x 3.5-8.5 cm, with 9-14 pairs of lateral veins; base acute, obtuse, or rounded; apex acuminate; margins entire. Fruits indehiscent, fall to ground with seeds inside at maturity, turbinate to globose, 3-4 (including operculum) x 2.5-3.5 cm, the calycine ring inserted above middle, the pericarp 1.5-2 mm thick; operculum umbonate.
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Discussion
Phenology. Fruits in advanced state of decay have been collected in July. Common name. Jarana. Comments. This species is referred to as Lecythis sp. 05 because it was originally assigned this number at the beginning of the study. Lecythis sp. 01 and Lecythis sp. 05 are the only known species that do not yet have names in the 100-ha plot.
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Distribution
Central Amazonian Brazil.
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