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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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CAPPARIS OVALIFOLIA R. & P.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 432. 1802.
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Synonym
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Capparis avicennifolia HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5:94. 1821. Colicodendron aidcenniaefolium (HBK.) Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald, 78. 1852.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees, the branches terete, relatively slender, densely stellate- canescent; leaves petiolate, oval to oblong-obovate, broadly rounded and minutely mucronulate, cuneate, 4-6 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad, firmly membranaceous, lustrous and glabrate above, densely stellate-canescent beneath, the petiole about 1 cm. long, densely stellate-canescent; inflorescence terminal, somewhat shorter than the subtending leaves, corymbiform-racemose, bearing several smallish white flowers, densely stellate-canescent throughout, the pedicels about 1 cm. long, the bracts minute, caducous; calyx campanulate, 2.5-3.0 mm. long, the lobes broadly trigonal, about as long as the tube, densely stellate-canescent, each subtending a conspicuous, adnate disk gland of nearly equal length; petals 4, equal, obovate, obtuse, shortly ungulate, 4-5 mm. long, white, glabrate; stamens 20, slightly longer than the petals, the filaments glabrous, inserted upon a low androphore; pistil ovoid, about 3 mm. long, glabrous, the stigmas sessile, the gynophore about 6 mm. long; fruits ovoid-subglobose, about 2.5 cm. in diameter.
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Habit
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Shrubs small trees
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Distribution
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Panama to Peru.
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Specimen
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DARIAN: "Isthmus of Darien", Barclay s. n.
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Note
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This species has not been recollected in more than a century since Barclay's visit to Panama. Indeed, it is questionable whether the specimen cited comes from territory at present included within the Republic of Panama, or from the neigh- boring intendencia of Choco, Colombia. In addition to the preceding species of Capparis, Standley and Steyermark (Fl. Guatemala 4:386. 1946) cite CAPPARIS INDICA (L.) Fawc. & Rendle, as occuring in Panama. We have seen no Panamanian specimens of this species, which gen- erally resembles C. odoratissima but with the calyx open in the bud, but it is quite likely that it occurs in the republic.
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