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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/11/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 9/11/2013)
Species Pentagonia pinnatifida Seem.
PlaceOfPublication J. Bot. (Hooker) 7: 566. 1848.
Note TYPE: Panamai, Seemann 1019 (BM, not seen, photo MO).
Synonym Pentagonia pittieri (Standley) Standley, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 170. 1927. Watsonamra pittieri Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 443. 1914. TYPE: Panama, Pittier 4298 (US, holotype; F, NY, isotypes).
Description Shrubs to 3 m tall, the stems terete, lignose, glabrous. Leaves crowded ter- minally, oblong, to 1 m or more in length, deeply lobed and pinnatifid, the indi- vidual lobes narrowly oblong, to 45 cm long, to 10 cm wide, tapering deltoidly,
Habit Shrubs
Description the apex of the blade 3-lobed, the median of these ovate oblong, ca. 3 times longer than the lateral pair of apical lobes, the costa prominent above and be- neath, convex beneath, to 0.6 cm wide, the lateral veins usually 1 per lobe, the secondary veins simulating lateral veins in each lobe, ca. 7, arcuate, prominulous, the finest veinlets lineolate, thinly coriaceous, glabrate above, puberulent on the veins beneath; petioles to 17 cm long, probably longer in the larger leaves, lignose, dilated proximally, glabrescent, with large foliaceous basal auricles, subrotund, to 7.5 cm long, ca. 8 cm wide basally, fleshy and red, the margin erosulose or crisp, often with marginally subulate processes, to 2 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide, minutely puberulent; stipules free, lanceolate to triangular subulate, to 5.5 cm long, sericeous outside. Inflorescences axillary, to 6 cm long, the cymules densely flowered. Flowers with the hypanthium ca. 5 mm long, sericeous, the calycine cup subcampanulate, 3-4 times the length of the hypanthium, constricted basally, thinly coriaceous, minutely sericeous outside, glabrous within, the lobes oblong, 4-7 mm long, obtuse; corolla tube ca. 2.5 cm long (fide Standley), appressed pilose. Fruits sessile, orange, rotund, ca. 2 cm in diam., minutely pubescent to glabrate, minutely rugulose but not scaly, the persistent calyx as long as or longer than the fruit.
Distribution known only from Panama and Colombia.
Note It is easily distinguished from other Pentagonia of Panama except P. brachyotis by its pin- natifid leaves and petioles bearing large foliaceous auricles. Among the Choco the fruits are eaten, and the leaves and fruits are "taken in a tea as a blood purifier" (fide Duke).
Common Biruchichiho
Specimen DARIEN: Rio Chico, from Yaviza at Rio Chucunaque to ca. 1 hour by outboard from junction, Burch et al. 1124 (F, GH, K, MO, NY, UC, US). Rio Pirre, Croat & Porter 15501 (MO). 2-3 mi SE of El Real, Duke 4842 (MO). 10 mi S of El Real on Rio Pirre, Duke 5468 (MO). Quebrada Bidoto (Peccary Creek) off Rio Areti, Duke 13599 (MO). Quebrada "Camachimuricate," Casa de Bartolo, Kennedy 2857 (MO). Manene to Rio Cuasi, Kirkbride & Bristan 1401 (MO). From Pinogana to Yaviza, Stern et al. 136 (MO, US). PANAMA: Rio Maje, above first waterfall, 50 m, Croat 34419 (MO). Trail between Rio Maje and Quebrada Brava, 2 mi upstream from waterfalls, Bayano Lake, Croat 34740 (MO). SAN BLAS: Hill SE of Puerto Obaldia, Croat 16733 (MO). Mainland opposite Ailigandi, Lewis et al. 187 (GH, MO, US). Puerto Obaldia, Pittier 4298 (F, US). COLOMBIA: CHOCO: Region Guayabal, 5 hours by foot to SE of Acandi, Forero et al. 971 (MO).
 
 
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