Licania caudata Prance

• Authority

  Prance, Ghillean T. 1989. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 1-267. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Chrysobalanaceae

• Scientific Name

  Licania caudata Prance

• Description

  Description - Fruit oblong, 25 × 8 mm; exocarp smooth and glabrous, often slightly rugulose, wrinkled when dry; mesocarp thin, 0.25 mm thick, fleshy; endocarp thin 0.5 mm thick, bony, slightly puberulous within.

• Discussion

  This species was described from three collections from the vicinity of Manaus. It has turned out to be a widespread and common Amazonian species, occurring in both inundated and terra firme forest.