Cestrum rugulosum Francey

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub to 3(-5), m tall; twigs glabrous. Leaves 12-20 cm long, ovate, elliptic or oblong, often oblique, apically mostly acute or acuminate, basally rounded or obtuse, the margins slightly revolute, above puberulent on the midvein and major lateral veins and with scattered, minute glandular hairs on the lamina, beneath with minute hairs on the major and minor veins, lateral veins 15-20 on each side, prominently elevated beneath, the surface often drying dark with a rugose surface; petioles puberulent, 2-3 mm long; minor leaves wanting. Inflorescences numerous, scattered along the stems, axillary and terminal racemes or small panicles on mostly unbranched, short or elongate, pubescent to glabrate axes to 4 cm long, leafy bracts scattered through the inflorescences; pedicels to 5 mm long, slender, drying black, the bracteoles linear, 1.5 mm long. Flowers fragrant, calyx 2-3 mm long, cyathiform or campanulate, puberulent, almost ecostate,
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elongating slightly in fruit, the teeth short, deltoid, unequal, corolla cream-colored, often with some purplish or blackish markings, the tube 25-28 mm long, opening gradually to the apex, glabrous to manifestly pubescent outside, inside pilose at the base and sometimes puberulent along the length of the tube, the lobes 3 mm long, lanceolate; stamens equal, the filaments 3-5 mm free, barbellate and sometimes dentate at the point of insertion, glabrous to pilose below, the stigma included. Fruit bright, matte-white, globose, flattened apically, juicy, ca. 10 mm across; seeds 1-10, 4.5 mm long, brown or black.
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Distribution

Cestrum rugulosum world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53736-2
WFO ID wfo-0001020858
COL ID 69MZK
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Synonyms

Cestrum rugulosum