WorldFloraDB - Xylopia torrei

Characteristics

Leaves with lamina 2–4 x 1.2–1.9 cm., elliptic or oblong to suborbicular, obtuse or rounded to shallowly emarginate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base; petiole 2 mm. long.

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Fruits on pedicel c. 8 mm. long; fruiting carpels c. 4–5, 0.7 x 0.5 cm. (immature), 1-seeded, subglobular, with stipes 1–2 mm. long.

Flowers solitary or more rarely paired, spreading or reflexed; pedicels 4–5 mm. long.

Closely related to X. holtzii, but differs in the following characters:

Branches red-brown, turning greyish, eventually glabrous.

Petals (outer) 1–1.5 cm. long.

Shrub, up to 2 m. high.

Carpels 4–7.

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Cultivation

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76272-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000428712
COL ID	5CM7X
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Synonyms

Xylopia torrei

WorldFloraDB 2024

Xylopia torrei N.Robson

Species