Annonaceae

Guatteria sp. jeh813

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Representative image.

Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Species Parent: Guatteria Status: Invalid Reason: unverified

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Small tree to 5 tall.

Main axis: Bark strong, fibrous.

Branch: Stems brown, striate when mature.

Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate; the petioles sub-terete, only weakly canaliculate, swollen at base, to 1 cm long, dark brown or black when mature, glabrous; the lamina narrowly elliptic, to ca. 6 x 22 cm, olive-green when dry, glaucous below when fresh, coriaceous, glabrous, the base rounded to broadly acute, the apex short-acuminate to acute, the margins entire; the secondary venation eucamptodromous, inconspicuous when fresh or dry.

Reproductive Morphology

Inflorescence: Inflorescence axillary or ramiflorous, not seen in the study region.

Flowers: Flowers not seen in the study region.

Fruit: Fruit apocarpous consisting of numerous monocarps; not seen in the study region.

Other

Notes: Tree only known from one sterile collection that has not been identifiable to species level.