Comprehensive Description
(
anglais
)
fourni par North American Flora
Stemmadenia obovata (H. & A.) K. Schumann, in
E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 4^: 149. 1895.
Bignonia obovata H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 439. 1841. Stemmadenia pubescens Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 125. 1845.
Shrub or small tree, 2-15 m. tall; leaves firmly membranaceous, obovate to obovateelliptic, 10-20 cm. long, 7-10 cm. broad, obtuse to obtusely acuminate, obtusely cuneate at the base, essentially glabrous, or minutely puberulent on both surfaces when young, the petioles 5-8 mm. long; inflorescence pubescent, bearing 1-6 showy yellowish flowers; pedicels 9-14 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse, 15-20 mm. long, essentially glabrous; corolla infundibuliform, the tube proper 15-25 mm. long, about 4 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat broadly conic, 15-30 mm. long, 15-25 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes broadly and obliquely obovate, spreading, 13-24 mm. long; follicles obovoid-subreniform, 4-4.5 cm. long, 3-3.5 cm. broad, minutely verrucose. Type locality: Realejo [Chinandega, Nicaragua]. Distribution: Guerrero; Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
- citation bibliographique
- Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY