Amaioua magnicarpa Dwyer

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Amaioua

Characteristics

Trees 6-15 m tall, the branchlets ultimately angular, the older bark cracking, ashen grey when dry, glabrous, the nodes somewhat swollen, moderately crowd-ed. Leaves oblong lanceolate or oblong rotund, 11.5-17 cm long, 5-9 cm wide, deltoid to obtuse at the apex, acuminate, the acumen short, 0.4-1 cm long, obtuse or acute, often falcate, basally cuneate obtuse, scarcely inequilateral, the costa slender above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins ca. 13, at first strict, then arcuate toward the margins, the secondary veins perpendicular, subcoriaceous, concolorous, glabrous except appressed-white ciliate on the costa and veins, the minute raphides often abundant above, the margin lightly revolute; petioles to 1.5
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cm long, to 2.2 mm wide, rigid, densely appressed villose. Flowers not seen. Fruits red, cherry-like, rotund, 1 ;8-2.2-cm long, obtuse at the apex and base, often umbonate at the apex, puberulent,, with the scars of the floral parts scarcely elevated, ca. 0.5 cm in diam.
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Distribution

Amaioua magnicarpa world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10564-2
WFO ID wfo-0000957205
COL ID 5TXMH
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Synonyms

Amaioua magnicarpa