Rudgea isthmensis Standl. In Woodson & Seibert

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Rudgea

Characteristics

Trees to 4 m tall, the branchlets slender, the nodes well spaced. Leaves lance oblong, 5-13 cm long, 1.5-7.5 cm wide, deltoid at the apex, acuminate, the acu-men usually falcate, cuneate basally, the lateral veins 6-8, the submarginal vein ca. 1 cm from the margin, stiffly papyraceous, drying yellow, glabrous; petioles slender, to 1.3 cm long, glabrous; stipules ca. 1 cm long. Inflorescence cymose paniculate, glabrous, to 3.5 cm long, much shorter than the terminal leaves, pedunculate, the rachis with 2 sets of widely divergent opposite or whorled branches. Flowers not seen. Fruits subsessile, large, oblong, to 1 cm long, round-ed at the apex and base, sulcate, glabrous.
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Distribution

Rudgea isthmensis world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:223905-2
WFO ID wfo-0000298795
COL ID 4TMGS
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Synonyms

Psychotria indigotica Rudgea isthmensis