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Lacmellea panamensis (R. E. Woodson) Markgr.

Comprehensive Description

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Zschokkea panamensis Woodson, Trop. Woods 44: 22. 1935
Tree, 10-12 m. tall, essentially glabrous throughout; leaves firmly membranaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 6-10 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad, rather abruptly acuminate, obtusely cuneate at the base, the petioles 7-9 mm. long; inflorescence opposite-axillary, cymose, bearing 3-9 medium-sized white flowers, much shorter than the subtending leaves; calyx-lobes ovate-subreniform, broadly obtuse to rounded, 1-1.5 mm. long, minutely ciliolate; corolla salverform, the tube somewhat gibbous, 20-25 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. in diameter at the base, somewhat inflated at the insertion of the stamens, the lobes broadly and obliquely oblongelliptic, 7-8 mm. long, slightly spreading; stamens inserted near the orifice of the corollatube, included; berries subglobose, about 4r-4.5 cm. in diameter, containing 1-4 seeds.
Type locality: Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama. Distribution: Panama.
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bibliographic citation
Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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