Brosimum costaricanum Liebm.

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 1972. Olmedieae, Brosimeae (Moraceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7: 1-229. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Brosimum costaricanum Liebm.

  • Type

    Type. Oersted 3867, Costa Rica, Naranjo (C).

  • Synonyms

    Alicastrum costaricanum (Liebm.) Kuntze, Helicostylis montana Pittier, Brosimum sapiifolium Standl. & L.O.Williams

  • Description

    Description - Dioecious trees up to 30m tall, with low buttresses; latex white. Leafy twigs 1-3 mm thick, white puberulous to hirtellous. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, sometimes broadest above the middle, 4-14 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm broad, chartaceous, acuminate to caudate, at the base obtuse to subacute; margin entire; above glabrescent except for the costa and the proximal parts of the secondary veins; beneath white hirtellous; veins (nearly) plane above, prominent beneath, 7-19 pairs of secondary veins, without parallel tertiary veins; petioles 3-8 mm long; stipules 3-7 mm long, white puberulous to hirtellous. Staminate inflorescences globose, ca 6 mm in diameter ; peduncle 3-6 mm long; flowers numerous; perianth ca 1 mm high, with 3-4 basally connate, more or less cucullate, tepals; stamens 2-4, anthers ca 1 mm long and 0.4-0.5 mm broad, connectives narrow, apiculate or not; bracts numerous, peltate to subpeltate, 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter, puberulous. Pistillate inflorescences uniflorous; bracts many, o.4-1.0 mm in diameter. Infructescences globose, 10-12 mm in diameter; peduncle 5-18 mm long.

  • Discussion

    Only juvenile staminate inflorescences and infructescences were examined.

  • Distribution

    (Fig 1). Costa Rica and western Panama.

    Costa Rica South America| Panama Central America|