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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 VERRUCOSA Jacq.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Enum. P1. Carib. 23. 1760.
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Synonym
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Capparis Iaeta HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5:88. 1821. Capparis brevipes Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 65. 1844.
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Description
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Shrub usually 2-3 m. tall, the branches slender, terete, glabrous, with olive- gray bark; leaves very shortly petiolate, obovate-oblong, apex acuminate to obtuse, base obscurely cordate, 4-9 cm. long, 1.5-3.0 cm. broad, firmly mem- branaceous or subcoriaceous, usually more or less puberulent with simple hairs upon either surface, particularly upon the midrib, infrequently glabrate, the petiole 1-3 mm. long; inflorescence terminal, occasionally in the upper leaf axils as well, corymbose, few-flowered, much shorter than the subtending leaves, the pedicels about 1 cm. long, inconspicuously simple-puberulent; sepals closed in the bud, imbricate in 2 unequal series, coriaceous, reniform, the apex rounded, 4-6 mm. long, glabrous, -subtending a low, rim-like gland; petals ovate, obtuse, sessile, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, white, glabrous; stamens about 48, the filaments glabrous, 2.5-3.0 cm. long, not greatly enlarged at the base, the anthers 2 mm. long, at- tached to an androphore less than 1 mm. tall; pistil oblongoid, about 4 mm. long, glabrous, the stigma depressed, the gynophore about 2 cm. long; fruits subovoid, 3-6 cm. long, densely tuberculate, scarlet or orange, the gynophore 2-3 cm. long.
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Habit
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Shrub
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico to Venezuela.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Alajuela, Heriberto 64; forests on dry limestone around Alhajuela, alt. 30-100 in., Pittier 3449. DARIAN: Patinio, on cliffs along the beach, Pittier 5701. PANAMA: Taboguilla Island, Miller 2005.
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