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(Last Modified On 9/12/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/12/2013)
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Species
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Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) R. & S.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. Veg. 5: 227. 1819.
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Synonym
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Solena latifolia Rudge, Hist. P1. Guiane 1: 26. 1805. TYPE: French Guiana, not seen. Tocoyena longifolia H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. P1. 3: 411. 1819. TYPE: Not seen. Posoqueria decora DC., Prodr. 4: 375. 1830. TYPE: Not seen. Stannia panamensis Walp. & Duchass., Linnaea 23: 755. 1850. TYPE: "Isthmo panamensi," not seen. Posoqueria panamensis (Walp. & Duchass.) Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 797. 1852. Stannia metensis Karst., Linnaea 28: 441. 1857. TYPE: Colombia, Karsten, not seen.
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Description
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Trees to 9 m tall, the branchlets terete, ultimately angular, glabrous, the nodes 3-15 cm apart. Leaves oblong, ovate oblong, rarely rotund, 8-32 cm long, 3.5- 22 cm wide, rounded or widely deltoid at the apex, obtuse, cuneate, acute, rarely truncate at the base, the costa plane or grooved above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins 6-8, the intervenal areas delicately reticulate, the margin usually revolute, subcoriaceous, shiny and glabrous above, glabrous to occasionally fine- ly puberulent beneath, the petioles lignose, 0.3-2.5 cm long, glabrous, the stipules triangular, 1.0-1.3 cm long, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, somewhat dilated near attachment. Inflorescences terminal, glabrous, drying black, the elongate flowers in cymules disposed radially at the end of a short peduncle, the latter 0.5-2.2 cm long. Flowers sessile or subsessile, the hypanthium oblong or turbinate, ca. 0.8 cm long, smooth, glabrous, drying black, the calycine cup shorter than the hy- panthium, thickly carnose, the teeth evanescent or 5, triangular to subrotund, to 0.5 mm long; corolla white, elongate, slender, in bud having a clavate appearance, the connate lobes oblong or ovate oblong, distinctly flexed, to 1.5 cm long, obtuse, the tube 4.0-12.5(-16.0) cm long, 0.2-0.4 cm wide, glabrous outside, puberulent at the base and at the mouth within, thickly petaloid, the lobes 4, often reflexed at maturity, narrowly oblong, 1.2-1.7 cm long, puberulent proximally; stamens 4, the anthers exserted, oblong, crescentic, ca. 4 mm long, acute at the apex and base, the abaxial face puberulent, the filaments attached at the mouth, shorter than the corolla lobes, the style filamentous, as long as the corolla tube, the stigmas digitiform or narrowly oblong, ca. 2 mm long. Fruits resembling an or- ange, globose, 4-5(-6.7) cm in diam., maturing yellow, smooth, glabrous, the seeds white to greenish, numerous in a greenish pulp.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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southern Mexico south to Panama; in South America it occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, in the Guianas, in Amazonian Brazil, and in Peru.
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Note
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The pulp of the fruit is edible. Steyermark's maintenance of P. panamensis, in view of my examination of over 80 collections in Panama, is untenable. The characters used in keying out P. panamensis and P. latifolia (Steyermark, 1967, pp. 322-323) overlap to a great degree. Croat (1979) notes that the flowers are pollinated by hawkmoths.
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Common
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Boca (de) Vieja Borajo
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Common
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Fruta de Mono Huevo de Mono
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Common
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Fruta de Murcielago Mariquito de Marea
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Common
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Monkey Apple Tuli Viejo
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Common
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Sui Tirmas
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Finca 4 (Delta), 10 mi NW of Almirante, D'Arcy 11203 (MO). Changuinola River, Lewis et al. 884 (F, GH, K, MO, NY, PMA, UC). Chiriquicito, Lewis et al. 2048 (MO). Nances Cay Island, Wedel 579 (MO). Water Valley, Wedel 997 (MO). Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1187 (MO). Water Valley, Wedel 1614 (MO). Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 2379 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Chiva-Chiva Trail, Allen 955 (MO). Fort Sherman, Blum 1499 (MO). Summit Garden, Croat 13134, 16559 (both MO). Fort Kobbe, Duke 4258 (MO). Fort Sherman, Duke 9245 (MO). Farfan Beach, Duke 11734 (MO). Coco Solo, Dwyer & Duke 7920A (MO). Albrook Air Force Base, Hayden 63 (MO). Devil's Beach near Limon Bay, Johnston 1565 (MO). Fort Sherman, Johnston 1684 (MO). Trail along Rio Petitpie; road to Fort Sherman from Gatun Locks, Mori & Kallunki 2699 (MO). Howard Air Force Base, Oliver & MacBryde 1888 (GH, MO). Rio Cocoli, Road K-9, Stern et al. 317 (MO). Albrook Air Force Base, Stimson 5373 (MO). Chiva-Chiva Trail, Tyson 1337 (MO). Fort Clayton, Tyson 3470 (MO). BARRO COLORADO ISLAND: Aviles 7A (MO); Croat 6057, 6737, 12633, 15062 (all MO); Shattuck 302, 1067 (both MO); Weaver & Foster 1478 (MO). CHIRIQUf: 12.4 mi N of David, Lewis et al. 714 (MO). COCL: El Valle, Alston & Allen 1861 (MO). La Pintada, Escobar 9 (MO). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge, Correa & Dressler 923 (MO). San Miguel de la Borda, Croat 9882 (MO). Punta Pedro, Icacal, Howell 38 (MO). Pifia, Lewis et al. 1845 (GH, MO, UC, US). Along Caribbean at Quebrada Santa Marta, 41/2 km SW of Pina, Nee 11695 (MO). DARIEN: Cerro Pirre, Bristan 583 (MO). Quebrado Venado and Peje Swamp, Bristan 1016 (MO). Pico Piraque, Duke 8142 (MO). Rio Balsa, Duke 8778 (MO). Pifias, Duke 10594 (MO). Santa F6, Duke 14275 (MO). Cafnasas and Sabalo, Duke 14474 (MO). Rio Uruseco, 41/2 km S of El Real, Mori & Kallunki 5517 (MO). Santa F6, Tyson et al. 4812 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Loma Prieta, Duke 11839 (MO); Lewis et al. 2220 (COL, MO, UC, VEN). Macaracas and Quebrada Bejuco, Tyson et al. 2903 (MO). PANAMA: Cerro Campana, Castillo 21 (MO). El Llano, Croat 14502 (MO). Cerro Campana, Croat 14680 (MO). Chepo, Dodge 10722 (MO). Quebrada La Palma, Dodge & Allen 17357, 17367 (both MO). Rio Pita, Duke 4763 (MO). Rio Teribe, Duke 5673 (MO). Isla del Rey, near San Miguel, Duke 10418 (MO). Cermefno, Dwyer 6631 (MO). Goofy Lake, Cerro Azul, Dwyer 7129 (MO). Chagres, Fendler 293 (MO). El Llano, Gentry & Tyson 1726 (MO). Lidice, Jaramillo 11 (MO). Chilibre, Lao & Holdridge 7 (MO). Falls of La Chorrera, Lewis et al. 5207 (MO, SCZ, UC, VEN). Gorgas Memorial Labs, 5-10 km NE of Altos de Pacora, 600 m, Mori & Kallunki 3338 (MO). El Llano-Carti Road, 12 km N of Panamerican Highway, Nee & Dressler 9382 (MO). El Llano-Carti Road, Nee & Dwyer 9236 (MO). Fort San Lorenzo, Oustgaard 56 (MO). Villa Rosario, Saldania 40 (MO). Saboga Island, Tyson & Loftin 5148 (MO). Isla Taboga, Woodson et al. 1434 (MO). SAN BLAS: Puerto Obaldia, Croat 16949 (MO). Soskatupu, Duke 8960 (MO). Isla Pifia, near Mulatupo, Elias 1703 (GH, MO, US). Opposite Achituppu, Lewis et al. 114 (GH, MO, UC, US). Opposite Ailigandi, Lewis et al. 192 (GH, K, MO, NY, UC, US). VERAGUAS: Isla de Coiba, Dwyer 1621, 2393 (both MO). Mouth of Rio Concepci6n, Lewis et al. 2821 (COL, DUKE, MICH, MO, UC). NW of Santa F6, 11 km from Escuela Agricola de Piedra, 450-550 m, Mori & Kallunki 3894 (MO). S of Santa F6, 450 m, Nee 8058 (MO). 14 km of Santiago, Bridge Santiago-Santa F6 Highway, Nee 9919 (MO).
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