Lacistemataceae Plant Family Lacistemataceae Holistic Database logo Copyright F E Young 2008 Species 2000 University of Reading Wokingham District Veteran Tree Association Herbarium RNG, University of Reading, U.K. Neotropical Plant Families Database

Monandrodendron peruvianum Mansf.

Protologue - English translation

Tree 6-8 m in height;
Branches prostrate, brown coloured, with non-interwoven long soft straight hairs later hairless;
Leaf lamina 8-15 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, ovate to elliptical or oblong to elliptical shaped, apex tapering gradually to a sharp point, base rounded, margin minutely serrulate or differs little, upper side sparsely hairy, underneath short dense hairs, more or less hairless later; Petiole 0.5-1 cm long, brown non-interwoven long soft straight hairs;
Stipule circa 0.3 mm long, a little bristle-like deciduous;
Inflorescence clustered in leaf axils, a little racemose, circa 3-3.5 cm long, peduncle commonly to moderately brown, non-interwoven long soft straight hairs; Pedicel circa 1.8 mm long, slender;
Sepal broadly ovate to obtuse, hairless, 1 mm long, base 1 mm wide; discus ring shaped 0.9 mm diameter;
Stamen 0.7 mm long;
Ovary spherical, deep brown, hairy, styles 3, base extremely short and fused, 0.7 mm long

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