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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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MALMEA HYPOGLAUCA (Standl.) R. E. Fries,
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PlaceOfPublication
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Acta Hort. Berg. 10: 321. 1931.
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Synonym
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Guatteria hypoglauca Standl. in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 4: 207. 1929.
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Description
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A tree up to 10 m. high; young branchlets glabrous. Leaves on petioles 5-6 mm. long, glabrous and glaucous beneath, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base and shortly decurrent, shortly acuminate at the obtuse apex, 12-14 cm. long and 5-6 cm. broad. Inflorescences terminal (or opposite the leaves ?); pedicels about 5 mm. long, thinly ferruginous-hirsute. Sepals 2-3 mm. long. Petals thick and glabrous, blackening when dried, elliptic-obovate and rotundate at the apex, 15-18 mm. long and 11-12 mm. broad. Stamens 2 mm. long. Fruit unknown.
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Habit
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tree
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Specimen
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SAN BLAS: Perme, Cooper 661.
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Distribution
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This species is also found in Colombia (Department of Antioquia).
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