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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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Species
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MALORTIEA SIMPLEX Wendl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Zeit. 17:5. 1859.
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Synonym
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Reinhardtia simplex Burret, in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin 11:554. 1932.
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Description
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Erect, 1 m. or less tall, often only 50 cm., sometimes reported much larger, with few erect lobed or irregularly pinnate or pinnatisect leaves, the blade 15-25 cm. long and 9-10 cm. broad, central lobe or part much larger than the 2-4 very narrow lower divisions and oblong or cuneate-oblong in outline, margins incised or strongly dentate or both, midrib prominent and lateral ascending veins issuing from it; petiole thin, flattened: peduncle from lower axils near the ground, 15-30 cm. long, flattened, rachilla at the top 4-7 cm. long: fruit oblong, 12-14 mm. long, about 6 mm. wide, black, blunt or short-acute.
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Distribution
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Panama; originally described from Costa Rica.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley and Chiriqui Lagoon, vo-n Wedel 6ii, 923, I002, 1592. DARIEN: forests around Pinogana, southern Darien, Pittier 6539. "Rubber station in western Panama," Stork 116
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