Brosimum parinarioides subsp. amplicoma (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

    Brosimum parinarioides subsp. amplicoma (Ducke) C.C.Berg

  • Type

    Type. Ducke 68, Brazil, Amazonas, São Paulo de Olivenca (RB not seen: isotypes seen).

  • Synonyms

    Brosimum amplicoma Ducke

  • Description

    Description - Leaves 15-40 cm long, 10-20 cm broad, elliptic to oblong, shortly acuminate or mucronate; margin more or less repand; beneath the larger veins puberulous to pubescent. Peduncles of the inflorescences 22-40 cm long. Staminate flowers without perianth, anthers 0.4-0.7 mm long and ca 0.5 mm broad.

  • Discussion

    This subspecies can be easily distinguished from the other subspecies by the more or less repand leaf margin.

    The leaves may also bear the kind of galls met with in the preceding subspecies.

  • Common Names

    Caucho macho

  • Distribution

    (Fig 72). Brazil, the Upper Amazon Basin, East of Manaus; in forests of the terra firme.

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