Pouteria cicatricata T.D.Penn.
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Authority
Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Sapotaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Brazil. Rondônia: Serra dos Tres Irmãos, N bank of R. Madeira, opposite Mu-tumparaná, Jul 1968 (fl), Prance, Philcox, Forero, Coêlho, Ramos & Farias 5527 (holotype, K; isotypes, MO, NY, US).
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor; ramuli novelli dense et breviter brunneo-tomentosa-pubescentes, indumento persistente, demum glabri, pallide brunnei, grandibus squamis desquamati, elenticillati. Folia dissita, spiraliter disposita, 13.7-27 × 7.3-10.5 cm, late oblongo-oblanceolata, apice rotundata et obtuse cuspidata, basi acuta vel anguste cuneata, chartacea, supra glabra, infra dense et breviter pubescentia, mixtis brevibus pilis adpressis et longioribus patentibus pilis argenteo-brunneis vestita; venatio eucamptodroma; costa supra recessa; nervi secundarii 15-20-jugi, paralleli, leviter arcuati; nervi intersecundarii nulli; nervi tertiarii numerosi, obliqui. Petiolus 1.7-3.5 cm, non canaliculata, dense et breviter pubescens. Fasciculi 1-2-flori, axillares et sub foliis dispositi. Pedicellus 0-0.5 mm longus, breviter pubescens. Flores bisexuales (?). Sepala quatuor, 5-6 mm longa, lanceolata, apice acuta, sepala externa extus dense et breviter pubescentia, sepala interna extus glabra, omnia intus glabra, Corolla tubularis, ca. 3.5 mm longa; tubus ca. 2.5 mm longus; lobi quatuor, ca. 1 mm longi, oblongi, apice truncati, glabri. Stamina quatuor, in dimidio inferiore tubo corollae affixa; filamenta 1-1.5 mm longa, glabra; antherae ca. 1 mm longae, lanceolatae, complanatae, glabrae. Staminodia quatuor, ca. 0.5 mm longa, oblonga, apice rotundata, glabra. Discus nullus. Ovarium globosum, quadrilocu-lare, dense et longe strigosum; stylus post anthesin ca. 3.5 mm longus, leviter ex corolla exsertus, in dimidio superiore glaber; styli capitulum simplex. Fructus 3-3.5 cm longus, globosus, breviter rostratus, basi truncatus, in sicco leviter torulosus et verruculosus, dense et breviter tomentosus vel pubescens. Semina dua, ca. 2.2 cm longa, oblongo-ellipsoidea, plano-convexa, apice et basi rotundata, area laevis testae reducta ad segmentum lanceolatum abaxiale quod pericarpio adhaerens, testa ca. 1 mm crassa, lignea; cicatrix plerumque seminis operiens, aspera et verruculosa; embryo cotyledonibus plano-convexis, libris, radicula ad superficiem extensa; albumen nullum.
Species Description - Tree; young shoots densely short brown tomentose-pubescent, indumentum persisting, eventually glabrous, pale brown, scaling in large flakes, without lenticels. Leaves spaced, spirally arranged, 13.7-27 × 7.3-10.5 cm, broadly oblong-oblanceolate, apex rounded and obtusely cuspidate, base acute or narrowly cuneate, chartaceous, glabrous above, densely short-pubescent below with a mixture of short appressed and longer spreading silvery-brown hairs; venation eucamptodromous, midrib sunken on the upper surface, secondary veins 15-20 pairs, parallel, slightly arcuate; intersecondaries absent; tertiaries numerous, oblique. Petiole 1.7-3.5 cm long, not channelled, densely short-pubescent. Fascicles 1-2-flowered, axillary and below the leaves. Pedicel 0-0.5 mm long, short-pubescent. Flowers bisexual (?). Sepals four, 5-6 mm long, lanceolate, apex acute, outer pair densely short-pubescent outside, inner pair glabrous outside, all glabrous inside. Corolla tubular, ca. 3.5 mm long, tube ca. 2.5 mm long, lobes four, ca. 1 mm long, oblong, apex truncate, glabrous. Stamens four, fixed about one-third up the corolla tube; filaments 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous; anthers ca. 1 mm long, lanceolate, flattened, glabrous. Staminodes four, ca. 0.5 mm long, oblong, apex rounded, glabrous. Disk absent. Ovary globose, four-locular, densely long-strigose; style ca 3.5 mm long after anthesis, slightly exserted from the corolla, glabrous in upper half; style-head simple. Fruit 3-3.5 cm long, globose, shortly rostrate, base truncate, slightly knobbly and verruculose when dry, densely short-tomentose or short-pubescent. Seeds two, ca. 2.2 cm long, oblong-ellipsoid, plano-convex, apex and base rounded, smooth area of testa reduced to a lanceolate, abaxial segment which adheres to the pericarp, testa ca. 1 mm thick, woody; scar area covering most of the seed, rough and verruculose; embryo with plano-convex, free cotyledons, radicle extending to the surface; endosperm absent. Field characters. Tree to 20 m high and 20 cm diam. with white latex. Flowering Jul, fruit maturing Oct.
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Common Names
Abiurana folha larga
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Objects
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Distribution
Amazonian Brazil, in lowland, non-flooded hill forest.
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