Hirtella lancifolia Ducke

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hirtella lancifolia Ducke

  • Type

    Types. Goeldi MG 15086, Brazil, Pará, fl (lectotype, MG; isolectotype, US; fragment F); Ducke MG 15646, Brazil, Pará, fl (paratypes, MG, RB, US).

  • Description

    Description - Shrub or small tree, the young branches tomentellous. Leaves oblong, thick-coriaceous, 10.0-24.0 cm long, 2.8-5.5 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 5.0-15.0 mm long, rounded to subcuneate at base, hirsute beneath with palisade glands frequent towards base, slightly bullate above; primary veins 14-15 pairs, slightly impressed above, prominent beneath, the secondary venation impressed above with the interstices appearing bullate; midrib prominulous above, prominent and hirsute beneath; petioles 3.5-7.0 mm long, terete, tomentellous, eglandular. Stipules 5.0-7.0 mm long, linear, tomentellous, eglandular, persistent. Inflorescences terminal and axillary racemes 8.0-15.0 cm long, the rachis short-hispid-tomentellous. Flowers 4.0 mm long. Bracts and bracteoles 1.5-3.0 mm long, linear, pilose, eglandular, persistent. Receptacle campanulate, hirsute on exterior, glabrous within except at throat; pedicels o.5-2.0 mm long, many with a solitary stipitate gland arising near base. Calyx lobes acute, hispid-hirsute on exterior, puberulous to glabrous within. Petals 5, glabrous. Stamens 4, unilateral, with a toothed portion of arc opposite them, the filaments glabrous, far exceeding calyx lobes. Style hirsute up to half its length. Ovary inserted at mouth of receptacle, pilose. Fruit not seen.

  • Discussion

    This species differs from H. burchellii in the impressed venation and slightly bullate upper surfaces of the leaves, and in the terminal insertion of the ovary.

    Flowering June to November.

  • Common Names

    Canella de velho

  • Distribution

    Non-flooded primary forest and secondary forest, in the basins of the rivers Tapajóz and Tocantíns, Pará, Brazil.

    Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|