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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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NECTANDRA SMITHII C. K. Allen
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PlaceOfPublication
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Jour. Arnold Arb. 26:370. 1945.
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Description
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Tree 10-17 m. high; branchlets foliose, minutely subferruginous-pubescent, gray, striate, verruculose. Leaves alternate; petioles slender, glabrescent, canalic- ulate, (5-) 7-10 (-12) imm. long; blades glabrous throughout, except the vena- tion at the base of the costa, membranaceous, brown throughout in the dried state, somewhat shining above, elliptic, 6-8 cm. long and 3-4 cm. broad, the base cuneate, rarely obtuse, the apex acute or shortly subcaudate-acuminate, penni- nerved, the costa pubescent throughout, conspicuously elevated beneath, the nerves 5 pairs, slightly prominent above, strongly so beneath, diverging at an angle of 35-450, the axillary glands conspicuous, usually fulvous-pubescent, the reticula- tion very conspicuous throughout. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, short, 2-3 (-5.5) cm. long, glabrescent, few-flowered, the peduncle slender, 1-2 cm. long. Flowers to 3.5 mm. long, the pedicels slender, 1.5-2 (-8) mm. long, the perianth subcampanulate, white (?) or cream, the lobes oblong, obtuse, fleshy, papillose- tomentose, 2.5-3 mm. long; stamens of ser. I & II 0.8 mm. long, the anthers sub- reniform, at least twice the length of the filaments; those of ser. III 1.25 mm. long, the anthers equaling the filaments and glands; staminodia oblanceolate, acute, 0.5 mm. long; gynaecium glabrous, 1.7 mm. long, the ovary broadly ovoid, the style short, robust, the stigma triangular. Fruit black, subglobose, minutely apiculate, to 1 cm. in diameter, the subtending cupule shallow, tumescent, to 4 mm. long, 6 mm. in diameter and 2 mm. deep, the pedicel 4-5 mm. long, expanded to 3 mm. in diameter at the apex.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, in the Caribbean cloud-forest
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Elevation
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100-1700 meters
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Specimen
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COCLE: vicinity of El Valle, Allen 774, 3534. PANAMA: residual forest in rolling grassland, trail from Campana to Chica, Cerro Campana, Allen 2652.
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Note
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Also reminiscent of Nectandra salicifolia, but distinguished by the very foliose branchlets, the consistently few pairs of lateral nerves, the prominent reticulation of the small leaves, and the bulging cupule which fits snugly about the very base of the fruit.
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