Hirtella ciliata Mart. & Zucc.
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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. Martius 1722, Brazil, Bahia, fl (holotype, M; isotype, BR).
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Synonyms
Hirtella rubra Benth. ex Hook.f., Hirtella rotundata Pilg., Grangeria brasiliensis Hoffmanns. ex Mart. & Zucc.
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Description
Description - Tree to 12.0 m tall, with thick corky bark on trunk, the young branches tomentellous, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves orbicular to ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, 3.0-6.5 cm long, 1.5-3.6 cm broad, retuse to acuminate at apex, most frequently mucronate, subcordate to rounded at base, hirsute beneath or with sparse appressed pubescence; palisade glands present; primary veins 6-9 pairs, plane above, prominulous beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces; petioles o.5-2.0 mm long, tomentellous, terete, eglandular. Stipules ca 1.0 mm long, oblong, tomentellous, eglandular, persistent. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal panicles 5.0-22.0 cm long, the rachis and branches sparsely tomentellous. Bracts and bracteoles 1.0-3.0 mm long, ovate to oblong, pubescent, persistent, with numerous stipitate glands. Flowers 3.5-5.0 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, puberulous on exterior, pubescent to base within; pedicels 2.0-6.0 mm long. Calyx lobes acute, puberulous on exterior, gray-pubescent within, the margins glandular. Petals 5, glabrous, greenish-white. Stamens 6-9, unilateral with a few short filamentous staminodes opposite them; filaments slightly exceeding calyx lobes. Style hirsute at base only. Ovary inserted at mouth of receptacle, pilose. Fruit round to ellipsoid; epicarp smooth and glabrous when mature; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, bony, hirsute within.
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Discussion
In light of material now available, H. rubra and H. rotundata cannot be maintained. Hooker (1867), recognized two varieties of H. ciliata but he did not name them. These varieties, based on small differences in leaf shape and pubescence, cannot be maintained in light of the additional material studied.
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Common Names
Bokobokotokon, Canoe, Chorão, Murtinha, Pau Pombo
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Distribution
Savannas of the Guianas and Amazonia, cerrados of the Planalto of Central Brazil, and taboleiros of northeastern Brazil.
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