Couepia venosa Prance

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Couepia venosa Prance

  • Type

    Type. Hoehne 17197, Brazil, São Paulo, Alto da Serra, fl (holotype, NY; isotypes, K, SP).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor vel frutex, ramulis juvenilibus glabris aetate lenticellatis. Stipulae parvae, deciduae. Folia alternata, petiolata, petiolo 7.0-13.5 mm longo, glabro; laminae oblongo-ellipticae, 8.5-15.0 cm longae, 3.5-6.0 cm latae, apice in acuminem ad 10.0 mm longum contractae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, supra glabrae sat nitidae, subtus dense tomentosae; costis secundariis 11-14 jugis, subtus prominenti-bus. Flores in paniculis terminalibus brevissime pedunculatis dispositi, breviter brunneo-tomentosi; pedicelli 2.0-3.0 mm longi. Bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, oblongae, caducae. Receptaculum subcampanulatum, 6.0-7.0 mm longum, extus dense brunneo-tomentosum, intus prope faucem pilis longis deflexis infra stamina dispositis, versus basim glabrum. Calycis-lobi 5, rotundati. Petala 5, decidua, alba, pubescentia. Stamina 37-50, in orbem completum disposita. Ovarium ad faucem receptaculi insertum, dense pubescens. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, pilosus. Drupa ellipsoidea, extus glabra, laevis; mesocarpio tenue; endocarpio granulato, tenue, fragilo, intus glabro.

  • Distribution

    Mountain slopes in southern-central Brazil.

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