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Arbusto o árbol, 2.5–8 m, hermafrodita. Hojas con el pecíolo 1–2 cm; lámina 12–20 X 8–11 cm, ovado- elíptica, cuneada en la base, redondeada a emarginada en el ápice, el nervio medio (en material seco) sulcado en el haz en toda su longitud, los nervios secundarios 6–8 por 5 mm. Infls. 8–13 cm, racemosas, glabras o glabradas. Fls. blancas, ca. 20 mm de diám.; pedicelo 15–40 mm. Frs. café (cuando secos), 3–4 cm.

Trees 5-12 m tall. Bark gray brown or dark brown, thick, with longitudinal fissures, always exuding pellucid resins when wounded. Young shoots striate. Petiole robust, 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade shiny on both surfaces, broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, rarely oblong, 8-15 × 4-8 cm, thickly leathery, midvein raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex rounded or emarginate. Thyrses in upper axils, 7-11-flowered, rarely shorter than 10 cm. Pedicel 1.5-4 cm. Flowers scented, white, 2-2.5 cm in diam. Sepals 4; outer 2: suborbicular, ca. 8 mm; inner 2: obovate, petaloid. Petals 4, oblanceolate to obovate, ca. 1.1 cm, concave, apex subtruncate or rounded. Ovary subglobose; stigma peltate. Mature fruit yellow, globose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam. Fl. Mar-Jun, fr. Sep-Nov. 2n = 32.

Tallo: ritidoma fisurado(s). Hoja: forma lámina(s) ; nervadura-central adaxial ; ramo(s) . Inflorescencia: indumento . Caule: ritidoma fissurado(s). Folha: forma lâmina(s) ; nervura-central adaxial ; ramo(s) . Inflorescência: indumento . Stem: ritidome fissured. Leaf: form blade ; midrib adaxial ; shoot . Inflorescence: indumentum . Caule: ritidoma fissurado(s). Folha: forma lâmina(s) ; nervura-central adaxial ; ramo(s) . Inflorescência: indumento . Stem: ritidome fissured. Leaf: form blade ; midrib adaxial ; shoot . Inflorescence: indumentum .

Calophyllum inophyllum L., Sp. Pl. 513. 1753.

Arbustos o árboles, 1–1.5 m de alto, látex amarillo-anaranjado; plantas aparentemente hermafroditas. Hojas elípticas, 12–17 cm de largo y 6–9 cm de ancho, ápice redondeado a emarginado, base aguda a obtusa, nervios laterales mayormente ca 10 por cm; pecíolos mayormente 1–2 cm de largo. Inflorescencias hasta ca 13 cm de largo, casi glabras, flores ca 2 cm de ancho, blancas, pedicelos 1.5–4 cm de largo, aparentemente perfectas. Fruto globoso a obovoide, 2.5 (–5?) cm de diámetro, café, glauco, marcadamente arrugado cuando seco.

Rara, en playas, zona atlántica; nivel del mar; fl abr, fr feb; Rueda 4208, Stevens 20093; nativa de Africa hasta las islas del Pacífico Sur, comúnmente cultivada en América tropical.

Tree

Tree 4-10 m tall; trunk usually irregular; sap yellow. Leaves opposite, ellip- tical or obovate, 12-17 cm long, 6-9 cm wide, apically rounded or slightly retuse, basally rounded or obtuse, the costa prominent, stiff chartaceous, evanescent near the apex, subplane above, sharply elevated beneath, the lateral venation evident, ribs (veins and ducts) 18-20 per cm, the ducts not evident on the surface, the margins sometimes drying minutely revolute; petioles 1.5-2 cm long, drying dark brown, rounded concave above. Inflorescences axillary, racemes to ca. 13 cm long, flowers 1-4 at a node; the rachis minutely puberulent near the base; otherwise glabrous; pedicels 2-4 cm long, 1-4 at a node; bracts wanting; brac- teoles minute. Flowers showy, white, ca. 2 cm across, fragrant, perfect; sepals ca. 4, the outer pair coriaceous, rotund, the interior pair petaloid; petals 3-6, obovate, stamens numerous (200-350), the filaments basally connate, the anthers oblong linear, 1-2 mm long; ovary glabrous, the style 6-8 mm long, much ex- ceeding the ovary, the stigma peltate. Fruit subglobose, ca. 2.5 cm across, often apiculate, drying wrinkled and often glaucous brown, the locule occupying half the interior or less, the remainder packed with corky endocarp; seed ellipsoidal, ca. 2 cm long.

Tree 7.5–30 m. tall, usually with a short trunk and long spreading branches; bark pale grey and fawn with shallow elliptic longitudinal fissures; branches smooth, 4-angled when young; branchlets ribbed and bearing obvious leaf scars when dry; leaf-blades bright green, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 8–18.5(–20) cm. long, (4.5–)5–12 cm. wide, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, the margin ± undulate, coriaceous, the lateral nerves prominent on both surfaces; petiole 1–2.2 cm. long, broadened and flattened towards the apex. Inflorescences falsely racemose, lax, 3–12-flowered, 7–15 cm. long, in the upper axils; buds globose; pedicels 1.5–4 cm. long. Sepals 4, reflexed, deciduous, the outer pair round, 7–8 mm. long, the inner obovate, 1 cm. long, rounded at the apex, ± petaloid. Petals 4, obovate, 0.9–1.2 cm, long, narrower than the inner sepals, reflexed, deciduous. Stamens in 4 bundles, yellow or orange, equalling or rather shorter than the petals; anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5 mm. long. Ovary pink, globose; style ± 4 times as long as the ovary, slightly exceeding the stamens, flexuous. Fruit green, pale brown when dry, globose, 2.5–4 cm. in diameter, smooth, but coarsely wrinkled in dry state. Seeds brown, ovoid or subglobose, 1.7–2.2 cm. long and wide, ± mamillate, very oily. Fig. 1. Inflorescences falsely racemose, lax, 3–12-flowered, 7–15 cm. long, in the upper axils; buds globose; pedicels 1.5–4 cm. long. Sepals 4, reflexed, deciduous, the outer pair round, 7–8 mm. long, the inner obovate, 1 cm. long, rounded at the apex, ± petaloid. Petals 4, obovate, 0.9–1.2 cm, long, narrower than the inner sepals, reflexed, deciduous. Stamens in 4 bundles, yellow or orange, equalling or rather shorter than the petals; anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5 mm. long. Ovary pink, globose; style ± 4 times as long as the ovary, slightly exceeding the stamens, flexuous. Fruit green, pale brown when dry, globose, 2.5–4 cm. in diameter, smooth, but coarsely wrinkled in dry state. Seeds brown, ovoid or subglobose, 1.7–2.2 cm. long and wide, ± mamillate, very oily. Fig. 1.

Trees usually with relatively short trunks and spreading branches, 7–25(–35) m. Leaves: petiole broadened and flattened toward blade, 10–25 mm; blade bright green, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 8–20 × 4.5–12 cm, base cuneate to rounded, finally decurrent, margins ± undulate, apex rounded to retuse, lateral veins prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescences in distal axils, 3–12-flowered. Flowers 2 cm diam.; sepals reflexed, outer pair orbiculate, 7–8 mm, inner pair obovate, ± petaloid, 10 mm; petals 4, white, obovate, 9–12 mm; ovary globose. Drupes green, globose to obovoid, 2.5–5 × 2–4 cm; stone subspheric, smooth. 2n = 32.

Petals 4, 9–12 mm. long, obovoid, narrower than the inner sepals, reflexed, deciduous. Sepals 4, reflexed, deciduous, outer ones c. 7–8 mm. long, orbicular, inner ones c. 10 mm. long, obovate, ± petaloid, rounded at the apex. Ovary deep pink, globose; style c. 4 times as long as the ovary, scarcely exceeding the stamens, flexuous. Stamens in 4 fascicles, ?, orange, equal to or rather shorter than the petals; anthers c. 1·5 mm. long, narrowly oblong. Inflorescences 7–8 cm. long, racemose, lax, 3–12-flowered, in the axils of the upper leaves. Leaves petiolate; lamina (8) 10 × (4–5) 5–10 cm., coriaceous, concolorous, broadly elliptic-oblong to obovate, rounded or shallowly emarginate at the apex, often with undulate margin, broadly cuneate at the base, with lateral nerves prominent on both surfaces; petiole 10–15 mm. long, broadened and flattened towards the apex. Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 1·5–4 cm. long, spreading to ascending. Flower-buds 7–9 mm. in diam., globose. Tree 15–30 m. high, usually with a short trunk and long branches; bark pale grey and fawn with shallow elliptic longitudinal fissures; branches smooth, tetragonal when young, eventually cylindric. Drupe c. 2·5–4 cm. in diam. when ripe, green, globose, smooth, with thick pericarp. Sepals 4, reflexed, deciduous, outer ones c. 7–8 mm. long, orbicular, inner ones c. 10 mm. long, obovate, ± petaloid, rounded at the apex. Ovary deep pink, globose; style c. 4 times as long as the ovary, scarcely exceeding the stamens, flexuous. Stamens in 4 fascicles, ?, orange, equal to or rather shorter than the petals; anthers c. 1·5 mm. long, narrowly oblong. Inflorescences 7–8 cm. long, racemose, lax, 3–12-flowered, in the axils of the upper leaves. Leaves petiolate; lamina (8) 10 × (4–5) 5–10 cm., coriaceous, concolorous, broadly elliptic-oblong to obovate, rounded or shallowly emarginate at the apex, often with undulate margin, broadly cuneate at the base, with lateral nerves prominent on both surfaces; petiole 10–15 mm. long, broadened and flattened towards the apex. Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 1·5–4 cm. long, spreading to ascending. Flower-buds 7–9 mm. in diam., globose. Tree 15–30 m. high, usually with a short trunk and long branches; bark pale grey and fawn with shallow elliptic longitudinal fissures; branches smooth, tetragonal when young, eventually cylindric. Drupe c. 2·5–4 cm. in diam. when ripe, green, globose, smooth, with thick pericarp.