Cavendishia engleriana Hoerold var. engleriana

  • Family

    Ericaceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Cavendishia engleriana Hoerold var. engleriana

  • Common Names

    queremal, silla quilla, tabacco

  • Description

    Description: Stem nitid. Leaves coriaceous or nearly membranous, (6.5-)8-14(-17.5) x 2-5(-7) cm, base rounded to obtuse, margin flat, glabrous; 5(-7)-plinered; petiole (4-)8-13(-16) mm long and 1-2.5 mm diam. Inflorescence bracts to 60 x 40 mm; rachis 1-2.5 cm long; floral bract 35-50 x 15-28 mm, margin scarious; pedicel 7-12(-15 elongating to 22) mm and 2-3.5(-5) mm diam.; bracteoles to 14 mm long. Flowers with hypanthium 3-4.5 mm long; limb (3.5-)5.5-7.5 mm long; lobes (2-)2.5-3.8 mm long; corolla 28-38 mm long; stamen 27-38 mm; filaments alternately 2-2.5 mm and 7-10 mm long; anthers alternately 26.5-32 mm and 20-26 mm long; thecae alternately 12-17 mm and 8-10.5 mm long.

    Distribution: Colombia and Ecuador; tropical wet and rainforest, premontane rainforest, and montane wet forest at 90-2900 m altitude.

    Local names: queremal, tabacco, silla quilla (Cayapa).

    Uses: plant hung over bed of patient; treatment of urination problems.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Cavendishia engleriana Hoerold var. engleriana: [Article] Luteyn, James L. 1983. Ericaceae--part I. Cavendishia. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 35: 1-290.