Guioa parvifoliola Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Guioa

Characteristics

Tree1. Branchlets brownish sericeous when young; flowering twigs c. 3 mm thick. Leaves 2-3-jugate; rachis 0.7-4.8 cm long, dorsally flattened, subsericeous, petiole 1.1-1.3 cm long; petiolules up to 0.8 cm long. Leaflets opposite, elliptic to obovate, 1.6-3.9 by 0.5-1.2 cm, index c. 3.3, slightly asymmetrical, acroscopic side broader, very coriaceous, punctate; base attenuate; margin entire, revolute; apex obtuse, very apex rounded; upper surface glabrous except for the puberulous midrib; lower surface dull, papillate, shortly subsericeous, domatia a small single sac on basiscopic side in axil of ± second nerve; venation raised; nerves 0.2-0.7 cm apart, marginally looped and joined; veins densely reticulate, concolorous with lamina, distinct. Infructescences axillary, not branching; rachis somewhat flattened, 2.3-3.7 cm long, sub-sericeous; bracts and bracteoles triangular, outside sericeous, inside glabrous; bracts c. 2.2 mm long; bracteoles 1.3-1.6 mm long; pedicels c. 4 mm long, sericeous, less so in articulate part. Flowers unknown. Sepals 5, ovate, margin and outside sericeous, inside glabrous, glands along margin unknown; 2 outer smaller ones c. 2 by 1.8 mm; 3 inner larger ones c. 2.6 by 2.8 mm, margin petaloid. Disc interrupted. Fruits with 1-3 well developed lobes, c. 0.9 by 1.1-1.2 cm, smooth, glabrous, blackish when dry; stipe c. 1.5 mm high, slender; margin blunt; lobes c. 7 by 6 mm. Seeds obovoid, c. 5 by 5 mm; hilum c. 1.2 mm long.
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Distribution

Guioa parvifoliola world distribution map, present in Philippines

Conservation status

Guioa parvifoliola threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783258-1
WFO ID wfo-0000711875
COL ID 3HLCS
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Synonyms

Guioa parvifoliola