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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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PORCELIA MAGNIFRUCTA (Schery) R. E. Fries
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PlaceOfPublication
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Arkiv Bot. andra ser. 1: 343. 1950.
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Synonym
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Cymbopetalum magnifructum Schery, in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 30: 87. 1943.
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Description
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A tree about 12 m. high; young shoots and pedicels densely tomentellous, ochraceous, finally glabrous. Leaves on petioles 2-8 mm. long, ovate to oblong, rotundate to shortly acute at the base, longer acuminate at the apex, grey-ochraceous tomentellous at first on both sides, especially beneath, soon glabrescent with translucent glands, up to 15 cm. long and 4-5 cm. broad. Pedicels 2-3 cm. long, without bracts. Sepals ovate, 3-5 mm. long, grey-tomentellous. Petals ovate, the apex rotundate and more or less incurved when dried, up to 17 mm. long, tomentellous on both sides. Stamens 2.5-3.0 mm. long, pollen sacs locellate. Carpels 10-15. Monocarps large, 6-10 cm. long and about 6 cm. across, ovoid; peri- carp thick, ligneous. Seeds 2.5-3.0 cm. long.
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Habit
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tree
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Specimen
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PANAMA: vicinity of Bejuco, alt. ca. 50 m., Allen 2455.
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Note
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Apparently also in Venezuela.
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