Abuta seemanni Triana & Planch.

  • Authority

    Barneby, Rupert C. & Krukoff, Boris A. 1971. Supplementary notes on American Menispermaceae. VIII. A generic survey of the American Tricilisisae and Anomospermeae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 1-89.

  • Family

    Menispermaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Abuta seemanni Triana & Planch.

  • Description

    Species Description - The fruits are described here for the first time: drupe oblong-obovate, 2.5-2.7 cm long, 1.5-1.6 cm diam, yellow when fresh turning black when dry, the coriaceous exocarp glabrate in age, the fleshy-mucilaginous mesocarp thin; endocarp ± 2 cm long, in profile 13 mm, in dorsal view 9 mm thick, the hard, subhgneous testa in section up to 0.8 mm thick.