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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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Species
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ANNONA PURPUREA Moc. & Sesse
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PlaceOfPublication
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Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 64, tab. 2. 1817.
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Synonym
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Anona manirote H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. PI. 5: 59. 1821. Anona involucrata Baill. in Adansonia 8: 265. 1867-68. Anona prestoei Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. PI. 4: 6, t. 2519-20. 1897.
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Description
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Tree with ferruginous-tomentose branchlets. Leaves deciduous, on 3-5 mm. long petioles, membranaceous, on the upper side shortly and thinly, on the nerves more densely hirsute, finally more or less glabrate, underneath longer ferruginous- hirsute along the nerves, obovate or elliptic-obovate, rotundate at the base, shortly acuminate at the apex, 12-30 cm. long and 6-14 cm. broad. Flowers solitary, sub- sessile; flower bud enclosed at first by an involucre composed of 2 sessile acuminate bracts. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, acuminate, 1-2 cm. long. Outer petals valvate, thick, rigid, ovate-lanceolate, gradually tapering into a long, obtuse apex, up to 5 cm. long and 2 cm. broad, ferruginous-sericeous on the outside, inner petals imbricate, thinner, elliptic-oblong, rotundate at the apex, 2.5 cm. long. Stamens 5-6 mm. long. Fruit globose, up to 20 cm. in diameter, bearing numerous pyramidal protuberances and clothed with brown felt-like tomentum. Seeds 28-30 cm. long.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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This species is recorded from Mexico, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and Trinidad.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Anc6n Hill, alt. 200 ft. Allen 4521; Hospital grounds, Anc6n, Pittier 3955; Barro Colorado Island, Bangham 610; Matachin, on Panama Railway, Hayes s.n. CHIRIQUi: forest of San Felix, Pittier, 5749; Chiriqui, Cooper & Slater P 314.
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Note
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The species "is common on the Pacific slope" (Standley, 1928, p. 180).
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