Vallea stipularis

Vallea stipularis is a species of tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family.[1][2] It is native from the Andes mountains in South America.[1]

Vallea stipularis
Flowers.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Vallea
Species:
V. stipularis
Binomial name
Vallea stipularis

Description

Evergreen shrub or tree up to 18 meters tall; fissured bark. Kidney-shaped stipules on branchlets. Leaves heart-shaped or pear-shaped, sometimes lobed, up to 10 cm long, dark green above, whitish green beneath, with tufts of hairs in the vein axils. Cymose inflorescence with pinkish-red or crimson bell-shaped flowers; these with five sepals and five three-lobed petals, 9–13 mm long; ovary and styles glabrous; 15–60 stamens. Warty fruits, 1 cm wide, often dehiscing on the tree.[3][4]

Leaves and fruits.

Distribution and habitat

Vallea stipularis is native to the Andes, in montane forest and páramo, between 1600–4000 m of elevation, from Venezuela to Bolivia.[1][3]

References
  1. "Vallea in Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. "Neotropical Elaeocarpaceae - Neotropikey from Kew". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. "Vallea stipularis (capuli) | Plants & Fungi At Kew". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  4. Macbride, J.F. (1959). "Tiliaceae". Flora of Peru. 13 pt.3A no.2. Field Museum. pp. 435–436.
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