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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 4/9/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 4/9/2013)
Species Rauvolfia purpurascens Standley,
PlaceOfPublication Trop. Woods 16: 11. 1928.
Description Lianas (?), the stems glabrous. Leaves mostly ternate, obovate, acute, obtuse basally, to 17 cm long and 7 cm wide, glabrous, slightly coriaceous; petioles non-glandular, ca. 1-2.5 cm long, glandular in the axils. Inflorescences cymose, paired, the peduncles 4-5.5 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels ca. 3-5 mm long; bracteoles minute, ca. 0.1-0.2 mm long; calyx-lobes ovate, ca. 1-1.2 mm
Habit Lianas
Description long; corolla salverform, purple-tinted (Cooper 516), glabrous externally, the tube ca. 6-7 mm long, pubescent near the level of stamen attachment, the lobes + obovate, ca. 4-5 mm long; stamens attached near the top of the corolla tube, the anthers ca. 0.8 mm long; ovary ? syncarpous, the nectary cupulate, the ovules 2, the stigma columnar. Fruit unknown.
Distribution Known only from the type collection.
Specimen BOCAS DEL TORO: Cricamola, Cooper 516 (F, holotype).
 
 
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