Xylosma obovata (H.Karst.) Triana & Planch.

  • Authority

    Sleumer, Hermann O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-499. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Xylosma obovata (H.Karst.) Triana & Planch.

  • Type

    Type. Karsten sn, Colombia, Magdalena, Sierra de Santa Marta, Valle de Upar, fl [male] [female] (holotype LE, n v; isotype, W, fragm L).

  • Synonyms

    Craepaloprumnon obovatum H.Karst., Myroxylon obovatum Warb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Shrub or small tree up to 5.0 m high. Branchlets with simple axillary spines up to 3.0 cm long, tips puberulous. Leaves apparently deciduous, broadly obovate to obovate-elliptic, apex obtuse, base broadly cuneate, no proper basal gland(s), subcoriaceous, glabrous, shining above, rather coarsely glandular-subserrate-crenate (1.0 mm), 4.0-10.0 cm long, (2.0-)3.5-5.0 cm broad, lateral nerves 5-6 pairs, rather steeply ascending, slightly raised above, more markedly so beneath, reticulation of veins and veinlets dense, finely prominent on both faces, the veinlets finer than in X. spiculiferum but the areolae angular; petiole subglabrous, 3.0-6.0 mm long. Fascicles rather many-flowered in the often already defoliate axils; bracts ovate-oblong, patently puberulous, ciliate, 1.0 mm long; pedicels articulate close to base, puberulous, 2.0-4.0 mm long. Disk formed by ca 10 subquadrate squamular glands. Sepals 4, lanceolate-oblong, subacuminate, laxly pubescent on both faces, ciliate, 1.5-1.7 mm long, [male]: stamens 15-20; filaments glabrous, 2.0-3.0 mm long. [female] flowers not known. Fruit globose, ca 4.0 mm diam; style very short; stigmas 2, small.

    Distribution and Ecology - Colombia, known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta area; in border of dry forest, open land (chaparro), at 100-600 m alt.

  • Discussion

    Close to X. prunifolium which however has short racemes with an obvious rhachis.

  • Distribution

    Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America|