Parinari campestris Aubl.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Parinari campestris Aubl.

  • Type

    Type. Aublet sn, French Guiana, fr (BM).

  • Synonyms

    Petrocarya campestris (Aubl.) Willd., Balantium cordifolium Desvaux ex P.B.Hamilton, Ferolia campestris (Aubl.) Kuntze

  • Description

    Description - Tree to 25.0 m tall, the young branches villous, becoming glabrous and grayish with age. Leaves ovate, 6.0-13.0 cm long, 3.0-6.5 cm broad, cordate at base, acuminate at apex, with acumen 7.0-12.0 mm long, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; primary veins 14-16 pairs, prominent beneath; midrib slightly impressed above; petioles 2.0-4.0 (-7.0) mm long, pubescent when young, terete, the glands inconspicuous. Two glands often present on young branches beneath point of petiole abscission. Stipules broad, to 3.0 cm long, acute at apex, villous, semiamplexicaul, persistent. Inflorescences terminal and axillary panicles, the rachis and branches with short brown pubescence. Receptacle subcampanulate-turbinate, short-brown-tomentellous on exterior. Petals 5, white, shorter than calyx lobes. Stamens 7 fertile, unilateral, with 7-8 filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and lower portion of style densely hirsute. Fruit oblong, 4.0-6.0 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad; epicarp lenticellate; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thick and hard, densely tomentose within.

  • Discussion

    This species is chosen as the generic type in preference to P. montana because of the confusion over the circumscription of the latter species. This species, one of the most distinct in the genus, is easily recognized by the large semiamplexicaul stipules and the cordate leaf bases.

    Flowering continuously.

  • Common Names

    Merecurillo, Guaray, Bois Baude, Buhurada, Mahaica Balli, Boehoeroedoe, Boehoerada, Bohowoda, Foengoe, Tajama-ma, Vonkhout, Koepesienoe, Foungouti

  • Distribution

    River margins, savanna margins, and open forests in Trinidad, the Guianas, and adjacent Venezuela and Brazil.

    Venezuela South America| Aragua Venezuela South America| Monagas Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America|