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(Last Modified On 1/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/28/2013)
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Species
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PHYTOLACCA RUGOSA Br. & Bouch
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 13. 1851
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Reference
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Linnaea 25:297. 1852.
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Description
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Woody herbs up to 2 2 m. tall, the glabrous branches erect and angled. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, the apex acuminate, the base attenuate, 2-5 cm. broad, 4-14 cm. long. Racemes suberect, terminal or extra-axillary, 4-15 cm. long, the flowers fairly crowded; pedicels about 3.5-4.0 mm. long, the bracts about 4 mm. long, the bracteoles about 1 mm. long. Tepals oblong-elliptic, the apex rounded, white or pink, reflexed in fruit, 2-3 (-4) mm. long. Stamens 6-12 in 1 cycle, inserted on a subhypogynous disc, about 1.5-2.0 mm. long. Ovary subglobose, 6- to 8-carpellate, the carpels free at the apex, the styles equal to the number of carpels and free. Fruit a purple berry, 6-8 mm. in diameter.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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In Panama, appearing at 1200-2000 meters; generally somewhat higher altitudes throughout the rest of the range, Mexico southwards to Colombia.
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Common
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jaboncillo
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TrORO: Robalo Trail, northern slopes of Cerro Horqueta, Allen 4998. CHI- RIQUf: trail from Paso Ancho to Monte Lirio, upper valley of Rio Chiriqui Viejo, Allen 151i; Seibert 302; foot of Sierra del Boquete, Maurice 742; vicinity of Casita Alta, Volcain de Chiriqui, Woodson, Allen . Seibert 975; north forested face of Cerro Copete, eastern spur of Volcain de Chiriqui, Allen 487I; vicinity of Caliejon Seco, Volcin de Chiriqui, Woodson d Schery 480; trail from Barnbito to Cerro Punta, AllenI 3I1.
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Note
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P. rugosa is distinguished from P. icosandra by the incomplete union of the carpels, the shorter racemes, and the tendency towards fewer stamens and carpels. The free apices of the carpels may be observed equally well in flower or in fruit. The styles of the flower are fairly close together, but are definitely free and not connivent; in fruit they are pulled farther apart by the expansion of the seeds within the carpels. The staminal cycle is generally considered to be the inner one, the outer cycle having been suppressed. As in most species of Phytolacca the number of stamens is variable, fluctuating even between flowers of the same inflorescence.
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