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(Last Modified On 9/27/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/27/2013)
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Species
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Dussia cuscatlanica (Standley) Standley & Steyermark
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PlaceOfPublication
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Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 341. 1940.
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Synonym
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Cashalia cuscatlanica Standley, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 13: 441. 1923. TYPE: El Salvador, Finca Colima, Sierra de Apaneca, Ahuachapan, Standley 20197 (F, holotype; GH, isotype). Dussia grandifrons Johnst., J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 118. 1938. TYPE: Guatemala, Quezaltenango, Skutch 2027 (A, holotype).
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Description
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Tree to ca. 50 m tall; young stems yellowish to reddish pubescent, patent to crispate, glabrate. Leaves 11-25-foliolate; the petioles ca. 9 cm long, the rachises 20-40 cm long; petiolules 4-10 mm long; leaflets 5-11 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, the lower leaflets more oval to ovate, terminal leaflet usually obovate, others usually oblong, the apex acuminate to acute, the base obtuse, truncate or subcordate, the upper surface glabrous, the lower moderately pubescent with patent to slightly crispate trichomes. Inflorescence racemose, yellowish to reddish tomentose; bracts tridentate to rhombic or lanceolate, erose to entire, acuminate, 5-10 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, bracteoles obovate, entire or dentate, acuminate, 5-7 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Flowers (15-)18-25 mm long; calyx 8-10 mm long, the lobes 4-5 mm long; corolla pale pink with a greenish streak along the standard. Fruit 5-10 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, dehiscent, the valves curling; seeds 2.0-3.5 cm long, 1.3-1.7 cm in diameter.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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infrequently in forests from southern Mexico to Panama.
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Note
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It is distinguished from the following species in having more leaflets, flowers with the bracteoles smaller than the bracts, and usually larger 2-seeded fruits. It is known by several local names, "matabuey" (Mexico), "cashal" (El Salvador), "palo de tigre" (Guatemala), and "pizarro" (Panama).
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Common
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matabuey cashal
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Common
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palo de tigre pizarro
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Specimen
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CHIRIQuf: 8 km N of El Volcan, Little 6048 (MO, US). DARIEN: El Real, Duke 2110 (MO, NY). Rio Balsa between Manen6 and Tusijuanda, Duke 13555 (MO, NY). Summit of Cerro Pirre, Gentry & Clewell 7010 (MO).
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