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Sapotaceae
Pouteria altissima (A. Chev.) Baehni
Nomenclature
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Family: SapotaceaeGenus: PouteriaSpecies: Pouteria altissima
SUMMARY
Protologue:Protologue:ProtologuePProtologueProtologue: Candollea 9: 292 1942.
Tree to 50m tall; slash pinkish. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, elliptic; apex acute-obtuse, with no acumen; base rounded. Secondary venation widely spaced (>10mm) parallel, looped to form marginal vein; tertiary venation scalariform. Abaxial lamina glabrous; midrib and petiole with felt like pubescence; pubescent when young. Inflorescences in fascicles. Calyx to 3.5-5.5mm long. Corolla tube to 3.5mm long, lobes 2mm long. Stamens 2mm long, staminodes subulate, to 2mm long. Ovary 5-locular, densely pilose. Fruit ovoid to subglobose.