Gonzalagunia ovatifolia B.L.Rob.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Gonzalagunia

Characteristics

Inflorescences terminal, (8-)17-27 cm long with peduncles 2-3 cm long or seem-ingly sessile and subtended by regular-sized leaves, the cymules 1-5-flowered, sessile, the bracts subulate, 3-5 mm long. Flowers with the hypanthium com-pressed rotund, ca. 1.5 mm long, the calycine lobes 4, oblong, Sa. 2 mm long, usually curved, ciliate, with 1 to several rotund glands at the juncti6n of the lobes; corolla white, the tube to 2 cm long, strigose, the lobes 4, obtuse,, often as long as the tube; stamens 4, not exserted; ovarian disc pulvinate and bearing a few hairs, the style with the 4 stigmas included. Fruits tetracoccus, to 1 cm in diam. with white flesh persisting, hirsute, drying white ca. 3 mm in diam.; seeds angular, honeycomb reticulate.
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Shrubs to 3 m tall, the branchlets pubescent. Leaves subsessile, ovate oblong, to 10 cm long, to 5 cm wide, acuminate, the lateral veins (6-)8-12, discolorous, dark chocolate color above, lighter beneath, glabrescent above, sericeous be-neath; stipules subulate, 8-9 mm long, triangular at the base, 2-3 mm wide.
A shrub.
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Images

Flower

Gonzalagunia ovatifolia flower picture by cristian gaviria londoño (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Gonzalagunia ovatifolia fruit picture by Víquez Carazo Manuel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gonzalagunia ovatifolia world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama

Conservation status

Gonzalagunia ovatifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112521-2
WFO ID wfo-0000974533
COL ID 3H233
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Synonyms

Gonzalea ovatifolia Duggena ovatifolia Gonzalagunia ovatifolia