Couepia parillo DC.
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Authority
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Chrysobalanaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Herb. Ventenat sn, French Guiana, fl (holotype, G).
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Synonyms
Moquilea parilla (A.DC.) Steud., Couepia villosa Fanshawe & Maguire, Couepia pauciflora Huber
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Description
Description - Tree to 20.0 m tall or shrub. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, 5.0-15.5 cm long, 1.7-5.8 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 5.5-18.0 mm long, rounded to cuneate at base, glabrous above, prominently reticulate beneath, with silver-gray pubescence between the reticulations; midrib impressed and pubescent above; primary veins 10-15 pairs, prominent beneath, slightly impressed above; petioles 2.0-9.0 mm long. Inflorescences racemes of 5-21 flowers, the rachis and branches with ferrugineous-brown pubescence. Stipules 1.5-5.0 mm long, linear. Bracts and bracteoles 2.0-6.0 mm long, linear, persistent. Receptacle slender, tubular, 11.0-22.0 mm long, with thick dense hirtellous pubescence, and some longer hairs on exterior, glabrous within or with hairs nearly to base on proximal side beneath ovary only; pedicels 1.0-3.0 mm long. Calyx lobes acute. Petals 5, white, glabrous on margins. Stamens 45-62, inserted almost in a complete circle, with a short portion of toothed staminodes. Ovary densely villous. Style sparsely pubescent at base. Fruit globose, ca 2.5 cm diameter; epicarp soft yellow-brown-velutinous; endocarp thin and fragile, granular in texture, sparsely hirsute within.
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Common Names
Hatcheballi, Aimoradan
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Distribution
Savannas or primary forest, and also common in secondary forest in the Guianas and Amazonian Peru and Colombia.
Colombia South America| Vaupés Colombia South America| Amazonas Colombia South America| Peru South America| Loreto Peru South America| Guyana South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America| Amapá Brazil South America|