Hirtella triandra Sw.
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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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Description
Description - Tree to 15.0 m tall, usually smaller, or shrub, the young branches pilose-tomentellous to puberulous, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves oblong to elliptic, subcoriaceous to membraneous, 4.0-14.5 cm long, 2.0-5.5 cm broad, acuminate (very rarely acute) at apex, with acumen 1.0-18.0 mm long, rounded to cuneate at base, papillose beneath, with a few stiff appressed hairs, the palisade glands few; primary veins 5-13 pairs, plane or prominulous above; midrib prominulous above, prominent and hirsute beneath; petioles 1.0-3.0 mm long, terete, eglandular, tomentellous to puberulous. Stipules linear, 2.0-6.0 mm long, tomentellous, persistent, eglandular. Inflorescences terminal and axillary panicles, 3.5-17.0 cm long, with most branches bearing more than one flower and more than one pair of bracts, the rachis and branches usually short-tomentellous, less frequently short-pilose-hispid. Bracts and bracteoles 1.0-3.5 mm long, lanceolate to ovate, acute, persistent, eglandular, sometimes with numerous bracts along inflorescence branches. Receptacle campanulate, tomentellous on exterior, glabrous within except at throat; pedicels 1.0-3.0 mm long. Calyx lobes acute, puberulous on both surfaces. Petals 5, glabrous. Stamens 3, unilateral with teeth or short filamentous staminodes opposite them, the filaments glabrous, far exceeding calyx lobes. Style hirsute up to half its length. Ovary inserted at mouth of receptacle, pilose-tomentose. Fruit ellipsoid; epicarp glabrescent or puberulous, less frequently tomentose, slightly longitudinally canaliculate when dry; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, hirsute within.