Hippotis albiflora H.Karst.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Hippotis

Characteristics

Trees to 8 m tall, the branchlets subterete, drying lightly rimose, densely pilose terminally, nodose. Leaves obovate elliptic, to 26 cm long, to 15 cm wide, widely deltoid at the apex, acuminate, the acumen to 1.5 cm long, the costa prominulous above, prominent and convex beneath, the lateral veins ca. 12, at first strict, then slightly arcuate toward the margin, 2.0-2.5 cm apart in larger blades, prominent beneath, the secondary veins irregularly pinnatiform, the ul-timate veins enclosing minute, parallel striae, the hairs appressed, white, ca. 1-2 mm apart, somewhat scabrous, pilose beneath, with some hairs more rigid and longer, ciliolate; petioles 1.0-2.5 cm long, lignose, pilose; stipules free, decidu-ous, ovate elliptic, here the younger ones to 1.5 cm long, densely pilose. Flowers 1(?-3), terminal or axillary; hypanthium oblong, 8-10 mm long, densely appressed pilose,.the hairs yellowish white, ascending, 4-5 mm long, the calycine cup tu-bular for 10 mm then spathaceous for ca. 15 mm, thickly petaloid, densely villose outside, the hairs stiff, white, to 2.5 mm long, glabrous and eglandular within; corolla white or greenish white, curved, trumpet shaped, to 45 mm long, ca. 6 mm wide in the middle, densely white pilose outside, glabrous within, stiffly petaloid or subcoriaceous, the lobes 5, elliptic or ovate, ca. 1 cm long, ca. 0.8 cm wide, densely white pilose outside; stamens 5, included, the filaments slightly unequal, to 11.5 mm long and to 0.8 mm wide, plane, densely pilose, attached below or near middle of the tube, the anthers oblong, ca. 3 mm long; ovarian disc oblong rotund, to 3 mm long, the style elongate, subplane, ca. 1 mm wide, the stigmas not seen. Fruits nutlike, elliptic, to 3 cm long, to 1.5 cm wide, often 5-7-ribbed, densely pilose, the hairs yellowish white, the calyx persistent, about as long as the fruit; seeds elliptic oblong, ca. 2 mm long, 3-angled, foveolate under magnification.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Hippotis albiflora world distribution map, present in Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Hippotis albiflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:753134-1
WFO ID wfo-0000982524
COL ID 3M3CD
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Synonyms

Hippotis albiflora