Cathedra acuminata Miers

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Olacaceae > Cathedra

Characteristics

Treelet or tree (1.5-)4-8(-30) m tall; trunk to 40 cm diam.; bark brown, rather smooth, inner part reddish. Branchlets slender, subterete, striate, glabrous. Petioles slender, rugulose, 5-8(-10) x 1-1.5 mm; blades chartaceous to subcoriaceous, lanceolate to oblong, sometimes ovate, slightly to strongly unequal-sided, (6-)7-12 (-15) x (2-)2.5-4(-7) cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate and a little decurrent onto the petiole, or obtuse to rounded, tuberculate and wrinkled on both surfaces when mature, primary vein slightly impressed above, sharply prominent beneath, secondary veins (4-)5(-6) pairs, curved-ascendent. Flowers (3-)5-10(-20) per multibracteolate cluster of usually defoliate axils, glabrous or papillose-puberulous; pedicels 1-1.5(-2) mm long at anthesis. Calyx cupular, (4-)6-dentate, 1-1.5(-3) mm high; petals (4-)6, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, acute, fleshy, short-hairy inside, white to yellowish or greenish, 2-2.5 x 0.7-1 mm; disc urceolate, 6-crenulate; 1 mm high in anthesis. Drupe broadly ellipsoid to subglobular, covered by the accrescent disc except the very apex, yellow or orange-yellow, 2(-2.5) x 1.3-1.8(-2) cm, subtended by the persistent calyx.
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A tall tree. It can be 35 m tall. The fruit are oval and 2.5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The fruit are bright orange. There is one seed. The fruit has a thin skin.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support parasite
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Cathedra acuminata world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Cathedra acuminata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607671-1
WFO ID wfo-0000590949
COL ID 5XG4N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734487
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Synonyms

Cathedra inaequilatera Cathedra oblonga Cathedra acuminata Cathedra caurensis Cathedra crassifolia Diplocrater acuminatus Cathedra aestuaria Cathedra guianensis