Couepia cognata (Steud.) Fritsch
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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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Synonyms
Hirtella cognata Steud., Couepia steudeliana Walp., Parinari hostmannii Fritsch
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Description
Description - Shrub or small tree 1.0-10.0 m tall (rarely large trees). Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-6.o(-i5.o) cm long, 1.0-2.0(-4.5) cm broad, cuneate to rounded at base, acuminate at apex, with acumen 2.0-12.0 mm long, glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent above, with gray-to brown-lanate pubescence beneath which usually obscures the prominently reticulate parallel venation; midrib prominent beneath, impressed above, pubescent on both surfaces; primary veins 7-10 (-15) pairs, prominent beneath; petioles 2.0 mm long, densely pubescent. Stipules to 9.0 mm long, linear-filamentous, deciduous. Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches brown-villous. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, to 6.0 mm long, caducous. Receptacle cylindrical, curved anteriorly, 5.0-8.0 mm long, reddish-brown and often villous on exterior, glabrous within except for deflexed hairs at throat; pedicels 1.0-3.0 mm long. Calyx lobes acute. Petals 5, white or pale pink, glabrous. Stamens 12-25, unilateral, with a few teeth-like staminodes opposite them. Ovary villous. Style pubescent. Fruit globose; epicarp pubescent when young, verrucose and glabrous when mature; pericarp hard and thick, undifferentiated densely lanate within.