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(Last Modified On 7/16/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/16/2013)
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Species
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Paullinia cururu L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 365. 1753.
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Description
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Tendrilled lianas; stems terete, glabrous and shiny; wood composite. Leaves ternate, 8-20 cm long; petiole winged; leaflets elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, usu- ally acuminate at the apex, sometimes acute or obtuse, sessile or with a petiolule ca. 1 mm long, acute to attenuate at the base, 4-14 cm long, 1.6-5.5 cm wide, glabrous, membranous, the vein axils densely barbulate beneath, the margin denticulate in the distal portion. Thyrses solitary in the axils of the leaves; brac- teoles subulate, 1.5 mm long. Flowers white, ca. 3 mm long; sepals rotund-ovate, tomentulose; petals oblong, acute, narrow at the base, the scale with villous mar- gin, the crest emarginate and glabrous, the deflexed appendage broad and simply an extension of the scale with villous margins; stamens with the filaments filiform, sparsely pilose; ovary obovoid, 3-lobed. Fruits usually prominently curved, l-locular, 3-valved, 1.5-2.5 cm long, sparsely appressed-pubescent to glabrate, bright red; seed 1, 7-9 mm long, the aril white, fleshy.
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Habit
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lianas
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Note
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The species is distinguished by its 3-foliolate leaves with winged petioles and by its prominently curved, red capsules. Flowers are apparently ephemeral and are seldom found on specimens. Fruits mature May to October but especially in July.
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Distribution
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ranges from Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and the West Indies. In Panama it is mostly restricted to the Pacific coast
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Note
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ecologically variable, occurring principally in disturbed forest edges of tropical moist forest. It also occurs in tropical dry forest and premontane wet forest.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Vic. TTC Albrook tower, Blum 1214 (MO, SCZ). C-15 Road, Blum & Dwyer 2453 (MO, PMA). Madden Dam, Boy Scout Camp Road, Dwyer 7511 (MO). Vic. of Fort Sherman, Standley 30979, 31152 (both US). Vic. of Salamanca Hydrographic Station, Rio Pequeni, 80 m, Woodson et al. 1561 (GH, MO, NY, US). CHMIIQuI: E of Gualaca, Allen 5028 (F, MO, U). COCLE: Hills S of El Valle, Allen 2517 (MO, NY, US). DARIEN: Rio Chucunaque near Rio Tuquesa, Stern et al. 951 (GH, MO, US). HERRERA: OcUi, Ebinger 1066 (F, GH, MO, US). PANAMA: Vic. of Rio Pacora on Pan-Am. Hwy., Bartlett & Lesser 16947 (MICH, MO). 5 mi N Cerro Azul, Blum et al. 1693 (DUKE). Nueva Gorgona, Duke 4509 (GH, MO, US). Near Rio Mar, 5-20 m, Duke 12415 (MO, US). Isla Pedro Gonzales, Dwyer 1748 (MO). Taboga Island, Gentry 5721 (MO, U). Near Tapia River, Maxon & Harvey 6621 (US). E of Bella Vista- Maxon & Valentine 6965 (C, US). Saboga Island, Perlas Island, Ty- son 5600 (DUKE, MO, SCZ). Rio Mar, Tyson et al. 2308 (SCZ). Rio Tatare, Woodson & Schery 1019 (MO, US). Isla Taboga, Woodson et al. 1536 (GH, MO, NY, US). VERAGUAS: Santiago, Dwyer & Kirkbride 7414 (MO). 12 mi from Santiago toward Divisa, Dwyer & Kirk- bride 7431 (MO). WITHOUT EXACT LOCALITY: Hayes s.n. (BM).
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