(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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Species
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TERMINALIA AMAZONIA (J. F. Gmel.) Exell
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PlaceOfPublication
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Pulle, Fl. Surin. 3:173. 1935.
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Synonym
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Chuncoa amazonia J. F. Gmel. in L. Syst. Nat. 2:702. 1791. Gimbernatea obovata Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. Chil. Prodr. 138. 1794. Chunchoa obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Syn. 1:486. 1805. Chuncoa obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir. in Encycl. Meth. Bot., Suppl. 2:2 5 8. 181 1. Terminalia obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2:668. 1841, non T. obovata Cambess. (1829). Terminalia odontoptera Heurck & Mull. Arg. Obs. Bot. 217. 1870. Myrobalanus obovatus (Ruiz & Pav.) 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 237. 1891. Terminalia hayesii Pittier, in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18:239. 1917.
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Description
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Large tree up to 30 m. high with buttresses and sympodial branching. Branch- lets rufous-pilose or rufous-sericeous, soon glabrescent. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, spirally arranged in pseudo-verticels at the ends of the branchlets, petiolate, petiole 1-10 mm. long, rufous-pubescent, lamina obovate or cuneate, abruptly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base usually with two glands, 5-10 X 3.5 cm., usually rather sparsely appressed-pubescent or appressed-pilose with hairy domatia in the axils of the principal veins beneath. Flowers white, cream or yellowish-green, apparently all perfect, 5-merous, sessile, in axillary spikes 6-7 cm. long, rhachis tomentellous. Lower receptacle 2-2.5 mm. long, sericeous; upper receptacle shallow-cupuliform, 0.8 X 2 mm., appressed-pubescent. Calyx-lobes deltoid, 0.8 mm. long, usually not reflexed. Stamens 10, filaments 1.8-2 mm. long, anthers subglobose, 0.4 mm. in diam. Disk densely pilose. Style 2 mm. long, glabrous. Fruit about 5 X 10 mm., sparsely pubescent, 5-winged, two wings transversely elongated to about 5 mm., the other three usually rudimentary (or vestigial) not more than 1 mm. in width.
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tree
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Distribution
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From Mexico to Guiana, Trinidad, Brazil and Peru.
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Note
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The wood is said to be very hard and of good quality.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Victoria Fill, near Miraflores Lock, Allen 1754; Paraiso Station, Hayes 7I8, S. n. PANAMA: near Cerro Jefe, alt. 600 m., Allen 3436.
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Note
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In most American botanical works this species is called Terminalia obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud (1841) but this name is preoccupied by T. obovata Cambess. (1829). The epithet is also antedated by Chuncoa amnazonia J. F. Gmel.
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