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(Last Modified On 3/20/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/20/2013)
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Species
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Sapium eglandulosum Ule
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Jahrb. 35: 673, f. 2A, 1905.
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Description
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Shrub or small tree (in Panama); monoecious. Leaves membranous; petiole 2-3 cm long, eglandular or with vestiges at base of blade; stipules obtuse, to 3 mm long, somewhat sheathing in young stems; blade obovate-elliptic, 13-18 X 5-7 cm, glabrous, the base acute, the margins entire or obscurely serrate, the apex long- acuminate, plane. Spikes solitary, to 7 cm long, bisexual. Staminate flowers in groups of 5-7, the bracts short, broad, to 1/2 mm long, the basal glands prominent, cupular, persistent; calyx cupular, ca 1 mm long, 2-lipped; stamens 2. Pistillate flowers 3-5, singly at the basal nodes, the bract short, as in male, prominently bi- glandular, the glands cupular; calyx cupular, 3-lobed; ovary orbicular, the styles simple, to 3 mm long, fused for half length, the upper half reflexed. Capsule not seen.
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Habit
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Shrub or small tree
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Distribution
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Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The two Panamanian collections represent an entirely credible extension of the range from that shown by Jablonski (op. cit.).
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Specimen
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DARIEN: ascent of Cerro Pirro from Rio Pirre S of El Real, Duke 5334 (MO); Cerro Pirre, Duke & Elias 13665 (MO, NY).
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