Parinari pachyphylla Rusby

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Parinari pachyphylla Rusby

  • Type

    Type. H. H. Smith 1775, Colombia, Magdalena, fl (holotype, NY; isotypes, A, F, Fl, GH, K, L, MICH, P, US).

  • Description

    Description - Tree to 30.0 m tall, the young branches pubescent, soon becoming glabrous and lenticellate. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 3.0-9.5 cm long, 1.7-4.5 cm broad, cuneate to subcuneate at base, bluntly acuminate at apex, with acumen 1.0-4.0 mm long, glabrous above, tomentose and with stomatal cavities beneath; midrib prominulous above, glabrous; primary veins 16-21 pairs, prominent beneath; petioles 4.0-9.0 mm pubescent, with two medial glands, shallowly canaliculate. Stipules ca 1.0 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary panicles to 9.0 cm long, rather lax, with short light brown pubescence. Receptacle subcampanulate-turbinate, short-pubescent on exterior. Petals 5, white, equalling calyx lobes. Stamens 6-7 fertile, with 7-8 short filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and base of style pilose. Fruit ellipsoid, to 3.0 cm long; epicarp verrucose; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp hard, thick, with a fibrous granular and plane exterior, tomentose within.

  • Discussion

    Comparative note. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 3.0-9.5 cm long, 1.7-4.5 cm broad, cuneate to subcuneate at base, bluntly acuminate at apex, with acumen 1.0-4.0 mm long, the lamina conspicuously reticulate above. Primary veins 16-21. Petioles canaliculate when young. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, rather lax panicles with light brown pubescence.

  • Common Names

    Pereguetano, Merecure de montaña, Guari

  • Distribution

    Riverine forest and upland forest in Northern Colombia and Venezuela.

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