Naucleopsis imitans (Ducke) C.C.Berg

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7: 1-229. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Naucleopsis imitans (Ducke) C.C.Berg

  • Type

    Lectotype. Ducke sn (HJBR 19492) [female] (RB), mouth of Río Pébas, Loreto, Peru.

  • Synonyms

    Ogcodeia imitans Ducke

  • Description

    Description - Small or medium-sized trees. Leafy twigs 4-12 mm thick, brownish, whitish to yellowish appressed-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate (to oblong), sometimes broadest near the upper end, 24-56 cm long, 7-11 cm broad, coriaceous, (abruptly) acuminate, acute to obtuse at the base, glabrous above, beneath also glabrous except for the pubescent costa; the costa and the proximal parts of the secondary veins prominent, otherwise the venation nearly plane to slightly impressed above, veins prominent beneath, 18-26 pairs of secondary veins; petioles 13-3o(-45) mm long, broadly canaliculate; stipules 15-30 mm long, whitish appressed-pubescent. Staminate inflorescences 10-15 mm diameter; peduncle 4-8 mm long, puberulous, bracteate; involucre with ca 25-35, deltoid to ovate acute to obtuse, (rather) densely whitish appressed-pubescent bracts in 7-8 series; perianth 2-3 mm high, with 4-6 free tepals; stamens 3-4, anthers 1.0-1.3 mm long, 0.4-0.6 mm broad. Pistillate inflorescences 1.5-3.5 cm in diameter, subsessile to pedunculate; peduncle up to 8 mm long; involucre with ca 25-40 deltoid to ovate to subovate, obtuse to acuminate to acute, (rather) densely whitish appressed-pubescent bracts in 5-10 series; flowers at least 30; tepals 4-6, free or basally connate, subulate or oblong to lanceolate and flattened, 3-8 mm long, puberulous; style 1-2.5 mm long, stigmas 20-25 mm long, vittiform; pseudobracts similar to the tepals, free or basally connate. Infructescences 3.5-4.5 cm (or more?) in diameter; tepals and pseudobracts more or less spine-like, 8-13 mm long, acute to obtuse, narrowed at the base, straight or slightly curved. Flowering from August to February.

  • Discussion

    N. imitans cannot be readily separated from N. glabra, as discussed under the latter.

  • Distribution

    (Fig 42). In non-inundated forests of the upper Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru.

    Peru South America| Brazil South America|