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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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OLMEDIA ASPERA R. & P.
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Fl. Peruv. & Chil. Prodr. 129. t. 28. 1794.
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Description
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Rather small trees or shrubs to about 6 m. tall, the young twigs rather slender, not conspicuously flexuose, densely to sparsely hispidulous, eventually glabrate. Leaves obovate- or oblanceolate-elliptic, rarely irregularly lyrate, narrowly subcaudate-acuminate at the tip, acutely or obtusely cuneate at the base, frequently more or less falcate, 7-20 cm. long, 2-9 cm. broad, usually more or less con- spicuously and irregularly serrate-undulate toward the tip, firmly membranaceous, scabrous or hispidulous to glabrous, the petioles about 5-7 mm. long. Staminate inflorescences solitary or in clusters of 2-4, about 1 cm. in diameter, the peduncles about 5 mm. long. Pistillate inflorescences solitary or in small axillary clusters, the peduncles about 5-7 mm. long, the involucral bracts ovate, 2-4 mm. long, persistent.
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Habit
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trees or shrubs
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriqui Lagoon, Von Wedel I043, I094; Water Valley, Von Wedel 896, 94I, I582, I719. CANAL ZONE: Gatu'n, Pittier 6747, Johnston I584, Standley 27209; Quebrada Salamanca, Steyermark & Allen I7I42; Rio Pina-Rio Media divide, Johnston 1703; Quebrada La Palma, Dodge & Allen I7365; Mindi Hills, Johnston I733; Darien Station, Standley 3I597; Cerro Gordo, near Culebra, Standley 260i5; Gorgona, Maxon 4744; Barro Colorado Island, Standley 3I450, Woodworth d Vestal 372 666 Wetmore d Abbe 46, 666, Salvoza 930, 939, Bangham 52I, 530. CHIRIQUI: San Felix, Pittier 529I; Paso Quebrada Gato, Pittier 5425; Hato del Jobo, Pittier 5425. COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Allen I736. DARIE'N: Pinogana, Pittier 6578. PANAMA: Rio Tecumen, Standley 29454; Chepo, Pittier 4707.
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Note
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This is the only Panamanian species of Moraceae where I have been able to find anything comparable to the familiar leaf polymophism of the northern mulberries.
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