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

Flora Data (Last Modified On 4/9/2013)
Species Tonduzia longifolia (A. DC.) Markgraf
PlaceOfPublication Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 112. 1924.-FIG. 9.
Synonym Rauwolfia longifolia A. DC., Prodr. 8: 338. 1844.
Description Shrubs, or small trees, 3->6(-15) m, mostly glabrous. Leaves ternate or quad- rate, oblong-elliptic, gradually acuminate, obtuse to attenuate basally, to 17 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the secondary veins obscure; petioles 5-15 mm long, glandular in the axils. Inflorescences thyrsiform, much smaller than the subtending leaves, congested. Flowers with the pedicels 2-4 mm long; bracteoles 2-3, ovate and keeled, ca. 1 mm long; calyx-lobes ovate- deltoid, 1-1.5 mm long; corolla white, the tube ca. 6-7 mm long, slightly ex- panded at the level of stamen attachment, pubescent within near the orifice and at the level of stamen attachment, the lobes obliquely oblong-obovate, ca. 3-4 mm long; stamens attached ca. midway on the corolla tube, the anthers ca. 1.2 mm long'; nectary low and annular. Follicles 7-12 cm long.
Habit Shrubs, or small trees
Distribution Southern Mexico and most of Central America.
Specimen CHIRIQUI: Chiriquicito-Caldera Trail, between Pinola and Quebrada Seco, Kirkbride & Duke 1031 (MO).
Note Due to the paucity of Panamanian material, the above description is based on a Mexican collection (Hinton 3968, MO) and Woodson's characterization of the species (N. Amer. Fl. 29: 122. 1938).
 
 
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