Citronella costaricensis (Donn.Sm.) R.A.Howard

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Cardiopteridaceae > Citronella

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall; branches sparsely strigose to glabrate. Leaves with petioles 8-15 mm long; blades lanceolate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 9-16 cm long, 4-6 cm wide, coriaceous, shining above, gray and dull beneath when dry, sparsely strigose, becoming glabrate, the apex acuminate or acute, the base acute or rounded, the margin entire. Inflorescences extra-axillary, commonly opposing the leaf, paniculate, 9-17 cm long with branches secund-scorpioid to 1 cm long. Flowers sessile, polygamous; calyx 2 mm diam., the lobes triangular and obtuse,
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0.6-0.8 mm long, 1 mm wide; petals oblong-elliptic, 3.5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; fertile stamens 2.6-3 mm long, the sterile stamens shorter than the ovary; fertile pistil 2.5 mm long, the ovary globose, hirsute, the style glabrous, the sterile pistil 1-1.2 mm long, hirsute. Drupes elliptic-obloid, 2-3.5 cm long, 1.3-1.8 cm diam., the apex asymmetrically apiculate, the putamen longitudinally ridged.
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Distribution

Citronella costaricensis world distribution map, present in Panama

Conservation status

Citronella costaricensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1105221-2
WFO ID wfo-0000607703
COL ID 5BF63
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Synonyms

Citronella costaricensis Villaresia costaricensis