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(Last Modified On 8/1/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/1/2013)
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Species
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Selysia prunifera (Poepp. & Endlich.) Cogn.
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PlaceOfPublication
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DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 736. 1881.
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Synonym
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Melothria prunifera Poepp. & Endlich., Nov. Gen. Sp. P1. 2: 55. 1838. TYPE: Peru, Poeppig 2265 (W, not seen). Selysia aspera Killip ex Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 25: 235. 1971, pro syn. Selysia perlobata Killip ex Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 25: 235. 1971, pro syn.
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Description
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Monoecious, tendriled vines; stemns 5- to 10-sulcate, pubescent to glabrate. Leaves simple, the blade broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline, 3-lobate, 10-20 cm long, 9-18 cm wide, the apex acuminate, the base deeply cordate, the margin minutely and remotely denticulate, chartaceous, 3-veined, the upper and the lower surfaces densely to sparsely pubescent on the veins; petiole 3-7 cm long, slender, pubescent to glabrate; tendrils 2-branched. Staminate flowers 1-3 in the axils of the leaves; calyx cup-shaped, puberulent, 5-lobate, the lobes linear lanceolate, 2-4 cm long; corolla white, campanulate, ca. 1.5 cm long, the lobes lanceolate, the outer surface puberulent, the inner surface tomentose; stamens 3, the filaments free except where adnate to the hypanthium wall at the base, short, glabrous, the anthers basally and apically replicate, 2 anthers unilocular, 1 anther bilocular. Pistillate flowers not seen. Fruit red or reddish orange, the pulp white, subglobose or ellipsoid, indehiscent, baccate, 3-4 cm in diameter, the surface lustrous, smooth or nearly so, 3-carpellate, the peduncle 6-14 cm long; seeds 6- 19, erect, narrowly triangular, the apex acute, the base 3-cornuate, 12-15 mm long, 6-8 mm wide at the base, compressed, black or brown, slightly roughened.
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Habit
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vines
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Note
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Selysia prunifera is a variable species, ranging from Costa Rica south to Peru and Ecuador. It is uncommon in Panama, occurring in tropical wet forests from sea level up to about 700 m.
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Distribution
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ranging from Costa Rica south to Peru and Ecuador.
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Elevation
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sea level up to about 700 m.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley, Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1596 (F, GH, MO). CHIRIQUI: San Bartolo, 12 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Busey 527 (MO, NY). COCLE: Near La Mesa, Croat 13362 (MO). La Mesa, above El Valle de Anton, Weaver & Foster 1631 (DUKE). COLON: Carretera a la Zona de Santa Rita, Correa & Dressler 1827 (MO). Santa Rita Ridge road, 5 mi from highway, Croat 13181 (MO, USF). Santa Rita Ridge, Croat 13846 (F, NY). Santa Rita Ridge road 4 mi from Transisthmian Highway to Agua Clara weather station, Gentry et al. 8856 (MO). Santa Rita Ridge, ca. 5.5-6.0 mi E of Transisthmian Highway, Lewis et al. 5399 (MO). Santa Rita Ridge Road, Mori & Kallunki 2781 (MO, USF). DARIEN: Coca- lito, Dwyer 4699 (MO). PANAMA: 11 mi S from Goofy Lake along road to Cerro Jefe, Correa & Dressler 270 (MO). El Llano-Carti Road, 7-12 km from Panamerican Highway, Croat 25109 (MO). Beyond Cerro Jefe, Duke & Dwyer 15070 (MO). Cerro Jefe, Altos de Pacora, 18.2 km E of Cerro Azul Village (Goofy Lake), Gentry & Mori 13417 (MO, USF). Campo Tres, 3 mi NE of Altos de Pacora, Liesner 593 (F, MO, US). Beyond the village of La Eneida, Luteyn & Foster 1121 (DUKE). 5-10 km NE of Altos de Pacora, Mori & Kallunki 4986 (MO, USF). El Llano-Carti Road, 7-12 km from Panamerican Highway, Mori et al. 4543 (MO, USF). El Llano-Carti road, 8-12 km N of El Llano, Nee et al. 8785 (MO). Cerro Campana, summit of upper trail, Witherspoon & Witherspoon 8469 (MO). SAN BLAS: 2-5 mi S of Mandinga Airport, Duke 14817 (MO). Mainland opposite Playon Chico, 0-3 mi from Caribbean, Gentry 6347 (MO).
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