(Last Modified On 3/27/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/27/2013)
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Species
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Vitis tiliifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. Veg. ed. 15, 5: 320, 1819.-Fig. 1.
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Synonym
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Vitis caribaea DC., Prodr. 1: 634, 1824.
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Description
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Vine becoming woody, often climbing, with thick angulate to terete, striate stems, the pith interrupted by nodal diaphragms, the young branches densely floccose-tomentose, becoming glabrate, the nodes slightly swollen. Leaves char- taceous, rounded-ovate to orbicular, frequently with 3 shallow lobes, finely to coarsely dentate, rarely subentire except at the apex, lateral veins conspicuous beneath, ending at the apex of the marginal teeth, acute to short acuminate at the apex, shallowly to deeply cordate at the apex, 5-15 cm long, 4.5-12.5 cm broad, floccose-tomentose above when young becoming sparsely floccose-tomentose to glabrate with age, densely floccose-tomentose beneath, the tan to light ferrugineous tomentum close to lax, usually persistent. Inflorescences of well developed panicles, the peduncles 4-15 cm long, sparsely to densely floccose-tomentose. Flowers pale yellow to greenish-yellow, unisexual or bisexual, the calyx undulate, scarcely toothed, the pedicel 1.5-3 mm long, the corolla 1-1.5 mm long, the lobes oblong to oblong-obovate, the unisexual flowers with well developed stamens and an abortive pistil, the perfect flowers with short stamens, the hypogynous glands more or less united, the pistil 1-1.5 mm long, the ovary orbicular, the style short, ending with a shallowly bibbed stigma. Berries green becoming purplish-black with maturity, 4-6 mm in diam, orbicular, usually 2-seeded; seeds 3-4 mm long, pyriform, slightly curved, more or less stipitate.
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Habit
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Vine
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Distribution
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Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: vic of Chiriqui Lagoon, Water Valley, von Wedel 829 (GH, MO), 954 (MO), 1539 (GH, MO, US). CANAL ZONE: W slope of Ancon Hill, Woodson et al. 717 (A, MO); s. loc., Blum 555 (MO); Barro Colorado I, Frost 152 (F); Shattuck 736 (F), 1060 (F, US); Woodworth & Vestal 624 (F); Cocoli, Riley 135 (MO). CHIRIQUI: Boquete, Davidson 567 (F, MO); forest nr Boquete, Pittier 3141 (GH, US). COCLE: hills N of El Valle de Anton, vie of La Mesa, Allen 2486 (GH, MO, US). COLON: vic of San Juan nr Cement Plant Lake, Blum & Tyson 531 (MO). DARIEN: road from El Real to Pinogana, Duke 5131 (GH, MO); iRio Balsa, betw Manene & Tusijuanda, Duke 13548 (MO); vic of Campamento Buena Vista, nr Quebrada Felix, Stern et al. 952 (GH, MO); El Punteadero at bridge crossing over Rio Chucunaque, Stern et al. 162 (GH, MO); Rio Uroganti, Bristian 1152 (MO). PANAMA: nr Rio Tapia, Maxon & Harvey 6619 (GH); San Jose I, Johnston 591 (GH, MO, US). SAN BLAS: Mulatuppu, Duke 8550 (MO).
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Note
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The original spelling was tiliaefolia, a name widely adopted. Other spellings like tilifolia and tiliifolia have also been used. According to note 2 of Article 73 and recommendation 73G of the Code (Regnum Veget. 46: 73, 1966) the use of a wrong connecting vowel or vowels in a name or epithet is considered an ortho- graphic error. Recommendation 73G states that before a consonant the final vowel in Latin is reduced to i. Thus in place of tiliaefolia the corrected epithet should read tiliifolia. Commonly referred to as "uva" in Panama, the grapes of this species are re- ported by Duke (personal communication) to be more often used for making wine and vinegar than for eating. In addition the larger vines contain quantities of potable water. The tough stems are occasionally used for cordage by the indians.
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uva
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