Couepia paraensis (Mart. & Zucc.) Benth.
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Authority
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Chrysobalanaceae
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Scientific Name
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Synonyms
Moquilea paraensis Mart. & Zucc.
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Description
Description - Tree to 20.0 m tall, usually smaller. Leaves ovate to oblong, 5.5-16.0 cm long, 2.5-8.5 cm broad, rounded to cordate at base, blunt or short-acuminate at apex, with acumen 1.0-5.0 mm long, glabrous above, usually densely gray to brown lanate-arachnoid beneath, rarely glabrous or puberulous, two glands at base of lower surface of lamina; primary veins 10-15 pairs, prominent beneath; midrib glabrous or pubescent above; petioles 4.0-7.o mm long, pubescent, canaliculate above. Stipules 1.0-2.0 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences terminal panicles, sparsely appressed-pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles 0.5-2.5 mm long, ovate, caducous. Receptacle subcylindrical to subcampanulate, 8.0-12.0 mm long, sparsely appressed-pubescent on exterior, completely hairy within or glabrous except for deflexed hairs at throat. Calyx lobes rounded. Petals 5, white, ciliate on margins. Stamens 25-45, inserted in half to two thirds of a circle, with short staminodes opposite them. Ovary pilose. Style densely pubescent for three fourths of its length. Fruit ellipsoid, 3.5-4.0 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad; epicarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, fragile, granular in texture, the interior glabrous.