Eschweilera caudiculata (Eschweilera caudiculata)
Description
Trees up to 20 m. Unknown bark. Leaves with petioles 5-11 mm; blades 13-27 × 5-11 cm, generally elliptical to narrowly elliptical, rarely lanceolate, glabrous, abaxially punctate, base acute, obtuse or rounded, margins entire, apex acuminate to very long acuminate or attenuated; secondary ribs 12-17 pairs. Inflorescences usually cauline, frequently from a woody growth in the trunk, less frequently in the axils of the distal leaves, in simple clusters, frequently with several emerging from the same place; rachis 3.5-20 cm, often very thin, the flowers generally widely spaced, the bases of the pedicel persisting in the form of woody protuberances; Pedicels / hypantos 7-12 mm, glabrous, without marked lenticels. Flowers 5-7 cm in diameter; calyx with 6 wolves, wolves 3-5 × 4-5.5 mm, very broad to broadly ovate, patent, abaxially convex, adaxially concave, not overlapped; petals 6, purple; Cap of the purple androceo, forming two turns of helix. Fruits (immature) turbinates, the operculum with a marked umbo; seeds (immature) with a well developed lateral aril.Forests not flooded P ( Mori and Gentry 4521 MO). 0-1800 m. (Mesoamerica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.)
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Lecythidaceae
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Genus: Eschweilera
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