Sapium

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sapium

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Well-defined genus, with latex, and petiolar glands. Inflorescence a stiff fleshy, cymule-bearing spike, stamens 2, male sepals connate. By this latter character it differs from its paleotropic counterpart, Excoecaria.

    Distribution and Ecology - All Guayana species are confined to the east, to the Guianas and Bolivar, Venezuela.

  • Discussion

    Sapium P. Br., Nat. Hist. Jamaica 338. 1756, considered to be invalidly published. Type. S. aucuparium Jacq. (Carthagena, Colombia).