WorldFloraDB - Tococa guianensis

Characteristics

Shrub 1-3 m. tall, the younger stems strongly flattened, glabrous to setose; petioles stout, 1-6 cm. long, pubescent on the back, many of them bearing an inflated formicarium at the summit; leaf-blades ovate-lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, 10-25 cm. long, half to two-thirds as wide, usually ciliate, 5-nerved, sparsely setose above, thinly pubescent beneath; panicle 1-2 dm. long; flowers sessile; hypanthium about 5 mm. long; calyx almost truncate, with broadly triangular glandular-setose exterior teeth; petals about 8 mm. long.

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A shrub or tree. It grows 6 m tall. The flowers are in groups 10 cm long. The upper branches are strongly flattened. The fruit do not have stalks. The fruit are urn shaped berries. They are 0.8 cm long by 0.8 cm wide. The pulp is sweet, juicy and edible. The seeds are irregularly oval and 0.13 cm long by 0.08 cm wide.

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Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
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A tropical plant. It grows in forests near rivers and on wet marshy grund in savannas.

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The fruit are eaten raw.

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:576582-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001078932
COL ID	7CFQF
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INPN ID	734236
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Synonyms

Tococa aubletii Tococa loretensis Tococa orcheophora Tococa platyphysca Tococa vesiculosa Tococa latifolia Tococa occidentalis Tococa acuminata Tibouchina coriacea Tococa peckiana Tococa guianensis Tococa subglabrata Tococa ferruginea Tococa roraimae Tococa barbata Tococa cachimbensis Melastoma physiphorum Tococa roreimi Tococa discolor Tococa coriacea Tococa didymophysca Tococa cardiophylla Calophysa vesiculosa Melastoma tococa Tococa kuhlmannii Tococa hirsuta Tococa chuivensis var. ecuadorensis Tococa guyanensis var. macrophysca Tococa formicaria var. didymophysca Tococa formicaria var. gardneri Tococa guianensis var. orinocensis Tococa formicaria Tococa juruensis Tococa mexiae Tococa chuivensis Maieta glandulifera

WorldFloraDB 2024

Tococa guianensis Aubl.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Tococa