Licania incana Aubl.

  • Authority

    Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Licania incana Aubl.

  • Type

    Type. Aublet sn, French Guiana, st (BM, P-Rousseau).

  • Synonyms

    Hedycrea incana (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel., Chrysobalanus incanus Raf., Licania crassifolia Benth., Licania leptostachya var. crassifolia (Benth.) Benoist

  • Description

    Deprecated: mb_convert_encoding(): Handling HTML entities via mbstring is deprecated; use htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or mb_encode_numericentity/mb_decode_numericentity instead in /home/emu/nybgweb/www-dev/htdocs/science-dev/wp-content/themes/nybgscience/lib/VHMonographsDetails.php on line 179

    Description - Shrub or rarely small tree, the young branches tomentellous to puberulous, soon becoming glabrous and lenticellate. Leaves ovate to oblong, thick-coriaceous, 2.5-8.5 cm long, 1.3-4.0 (-5.5) cm broad, acute to acuminate at apex, with acumen to 10.0 mm long, usually rounded at base, rarely subcuneate, glabrous above, densely brown-lanate below, the pubescence easily removed; midrib plane or slightly impressed above, glabrous; primary veins 7-9 pairs, prominulous beneath, plane above; petioles 2.0-5.0 mm long, terete, eglandular, tomentellous when young. Stipules to 2.0 mm long, linear, persistent, pubescent, adnate to extreme base of petiole or axillary. Inflorescences terminal and axillary spikes, occasionally slightly branched, the rachis tomentose when young. Flowers ca 2.0 mm long, in small glomerules along rachis. Bracts and bracteoles ovate to lanceolate, 1.0-3.0 mm long, persistent, tomentose on exterior. Receptacle campanulate, sessile, tomentose on exterior, tomentose within. Calyx lobes acute, tomentose on exterior, puberulous within. Petals absent. Stamens 5-7, slightly unilateral; filaments shorter than calyx lobes, glabrous. Ovary inserted at base of receptacle, lanate. Style equalling filaments, tomentose throughout. Fruit globose, ca 1.6 cm diameter, including stipe ca 2.0 mm long; epicarp with short tomentellous pubescence; pericarp thin, hard, fibrous, tomentose-hirsute within.

  • Discussion

    Material of L. leptostachya and L. kunthiana has frequently been cited under L. incana, and material of the latter species has frequently been cited under L. crassifolia. This confusion arose because several authors did not refer to the Aublet type collection. Licania crassifolia does not differ from L. incana in any characters, and consequently I follow those authors who regard it as a synonym of L. incana. Licania leptostachya and L. kunthiana are both distinct from L. incana; for the differences see under the two former species.

  • Common Names

    Marishiballi, Unikiakia, Kwepilan, Marishiballi, Onitjatja, Sabana Foengoe, Oenikiakia, Akoerie erepare, Caligni

  • Distribution

    Savannas, savanna margins and savanna forests in Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil.

    Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|