Licania pruinosa Benoist

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Licania pruinosa Benoist

  • Type

    Type. Richard sn, French Guiana, fl (holotype, P).

  • Description

    Description - Tree to 20.0 m tall, the young branches glabrous, conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, membraneous, 5.0-10.0 cm long, 2.0-5.0 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 4.0-11.0 mm long, cuneate at base, glabrous above, with short gray-brown lanate farinaceous pubescence beneath; midrib plane above, glabrous; primary veins 6-8 pairs, prominent beneath, plane above; petioles 5.0-6.0 mm long, terete, glabrous, eglandular. Stipules linear, ca 3.0 mm long, glabrous, persistent, axillary. Inflorescences terminal racemose panicles, the rachis glabrescent, branches puberulous to tomentellous. Flowers 3.5-5.0 mm long, on primary branches of inflorescence. Bracts and bracteoles o.2-0.5 mm long, triangular, persistent, puberulous on exterior. Receptacle urceolate, sessile, tomentellous on exterior, hirsute within. Calyx lobes acute, puberulous on both surfaces. Petals absent. Stamens 3, unilateral; filaments shorter than calyx lobes, glabrous. Ovary inserted at base of receptacle, pilose. Style equalling filaments, hirsute. Fruit unknown.

  • Discussion

    Flowering August to October.

  • Distribution

    River and island margins in French Guiana and Terr. Amapa of Brazil.

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