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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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POUZOLZIA OCCIDENTALIS (Liebm.) Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Arch. Mus. Paris 9:410. 1857.
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Synonym
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Leucococcus occidentalis Liebm. in Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrift. V. 2:311. 1851.
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Description
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Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m. high, the branches densely hirsutulous to nearly glabrous; leaves elliptic-lanceolate to broadly lanceolate-ovate, 7-15 cm. long, 3-9 cm. wide, acuminate at apex, cuneate or rounded at base, entire, appressed- pubescent above with stiff scattered hairs, more or less pilosulous beneath, especially on the nerves and at the margin; petioles slender, 2-8 cm. long; glomerules androgynous, rarely unisexual, few-flowered, the staminate flowers 4-merous.
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Habit
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Shrub tree
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Distribution
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Honduras to Colombia and Venezuela; also in Puerto Rico. In forests and thickets at low elevations.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: Boca de Cupe, 40 m. alt., Allen 868. PANAMA: Taboga Island, Pittier 3530, Standley 27923.
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