Peritassa laevigata (hoffmanns. ex Link) A.c.sm.

Species

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Characteristics

Liana or scandent shrub (or tree?). Petiole 7-18(-25) mm long; blades chartaceous to coriaceous, sometimes discolorous, greyish green beneath, elliptic to oblong-obovate, 7-21 x 4-9.5 cm, margins entire, undulate or remotely serrate, apex acuminate, undulate or distinctly cuspidate with a callose, to 1 cm long tip, base acute, obtuse to truncate; primary vein prominulous above, prominent beneath, secondary veins 5-11 per side, nearly flattened to slightly impressed above, prominulous beneath and sometimes yellowish. Inflorescences axillary, thyrsoid-paniculate, to 8 cm long, glabrous, loosely branched almost from the base or peduncle to 1.5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles acute, fimbriate, spreading, persistent; pedicels to 3.5 mm long. Flowers 2.5-4 mm diam.; sepals broadly ovate to deltoid, unequal, 0.5-0.7 x 0.8-1.5 mm, slightly erosulous; petals creamish white to yellow, suberect, obovate-oblong, 1.5-3 x 1-1.5 mm, margins scariose, more or less strongly erosulous; disk 0.3-0.6 mm high; filaments 0.6-1.3 mm long, anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long, thecae parallel, connective distinctly produced beyond the thecae; ovary subglobose, to 1.2 mm diam., style 0.2-0.3 mm long. Infructescence branches and pedicels greatly swollen. Fruit subglobose, to 5 cm diam., pericarp 1-3 mm thick, pruinose and blue in dried collections; seeds 2.8 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm.
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A shrub. The fruit are a flattened round shape and 35 mm across. There are 2-4 seeds. The seeds are 20 mm long by 13 mm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw. The pulp around the seeds is eaten.
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Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Peritassa laevigata world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Peritassa laevigata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:190399-2
WFO ID wfo-0000394772
COL ID 76THF
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INPN ID 735440
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Synonyms

Peritassa laevigata Peritassa granulata Salacia laevigata Salacia granulata Anthodon laevigatum Peritassa rubicunda Peritassa rorida Salacia siputa Tonsella laevigata Salacia laevigata subsp. acuminata Peritassa smaragdina Salacia amazonica