Licania buxifolia Sandwith

  • Authority

    Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Licania buxifolia Sandwith

  • Type

    Types. Sandwith 327, Guyana, fl (holotype, K; isotypes, NY, RB, U); Jenman 4110 fl (paratypes, BM, K, NY, US).

  • Description

    Description - Large tree, the young branches glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves ovate-elliptic to elliptic, thick coriaceous, 3.0-12.0 cm long, 1.5-6.2 cm broad, usually rounded to obtuse at apex, rarely mucronate, subcuneate at base, the margins revolute, glabrous above, with gray waxy pulverulent-furfuraceous pubescence beneath; midrib glabrous above, impressed; primary veins 5-9 pairs, prominent beneath, impressed above ; petioles 2.0-6.0 mm long, glabrous, terete, with two rather obscure glands at junction with upper surface of lamina. Stipules ca 1.0 mm long, lanceolate, coriaceous, subpersistent, adnate to base of petiole. Inflorescences terminal and axillary little-branched racemose panicles, 5.0-15.0 cm long, the rachis and branches glabrous. Flowers 1.5-2.0 mm long, solitary or in small groups attached to primary branches by very short peduncles. Bracts and bracteoles ca 0.2 mm long, persistent, triangular, pubescent on exterior. Receptacle campanulate, sessile, gray-tomentellous on exterior, tomentellous within. Calyx lobes acute, tomentellous on both surfaces. Petals absent. Stamens 5, unilateral; filaments very short, glabrous. Ovary inserted at base of receptacle, globose, tomentose. Style rising to base of filaments, pubescent at base only. Fruit unknown.

  • Common Names

    Marishiballi

  • Distribution

    Known only from Wallaba forest in Guyana.

    Guyana South America|