Faramea ovalis Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Faramea

Characteristics

Trees 3-13 m tall, the twiglets slender, the nodes well spaced, glabrous. Leaves small, oval, oblong rotund, or lanceolate, 4-9 cm long, 1.2-4.8 cm wide, rounded, obtuse, or cuneate at the apex, abruptly short acuminate, the acumen 0.3-1.0 cm long, cuneate to obtuse at the base, the lateral veins 6-12, widely arcuate, thin coriaceous, concolorous, glabrous, callose marginate; petioles to 1 cm long; stipules hemispherical, 3-9 mm long, the terminal awn longer than the body. Inflorescences to 5 cm long, to 4 cm wide, few flowered, the pedicels umbelliform from the apex of a shorter peduncle. Flowers with the pedicels ca. 1 cm long; calycine cup undulate; corolla purplish or white, tinted pink, the tube ca. 12 mm long, the lobes 4-6 mm long. Fruits not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 13.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Faramea ovalis world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103449-2
WFO ID wfo-0000966790
COL ID 6HQ6Q
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Synonyms

Faramea ovalis Faramea quercetorum