Couepia uiti (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Couepia uiti (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth. ex Hook.f.

  • Type

    Type. Martius sn, Brazil, Bahia, fl (holotype, M).

  • Synonyms

    Moquilea uiti Mart. & Zucc., Couepia martiana Hook.f., Couepia paraguariensis Hassl., Couepia dahlgrenii Standl.

  • Description

    Description - Tree to 4.0 m tall or shrub. Leaves orbicular to elliptic, 2.5-5.5 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm broad, rounded to cordate at base, short-acuminate or apiculate at apex, with acumen 1.0-3.0 mm long, sparsely tomentose above when young, becoming glabrous with age, densely gray-arachnoid beneath; midrib pubescent above; primary veins 5-9 pairs, prominent beneath; petioles 2.0 mm long, densely pubescent, often with two conspicuous glands at lamina base, shallowly canaliculate. Stipules to 6.0 mm long, linear, membraneous. Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches with short gray-brown tomentum. Bracts and bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, to 8.0 mm long, deciduous. Receptacle subcampanulate, 5.0-8.0 mm long, with short light brown pubescence on exterior, glabrous within except for deflexed hairs at throat; pedicels 3.0-5.0 mm long. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals 5, white, sparsely pubescent, ciliate on margins. Stamens 30-60, inserted in a complete circle. Ovary densely pilose. Style pubescent for two thirds its length. Fruit ovoid, 3.0-3.5 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm broad; epicarp verrucose, glabrous; mesocarp thick, fleshy; endocarp thin, fragile, of a granular texture, glabrous within.

  • Common Names

    Oiti, Uiti

  • Distribution

    Savannas, cerrados, and rocky places beside streams and sandy riverbanks in central Brazil and Paraguay.

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