Maquira sclerophylla
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Description
Tree up to 25 m tall, dioecious or monoecious. Branchlets puberulous. Stipules 0.5-1(-1.5) cm long, puberulous; petiole 0.8-2.5 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 13-30(-38) x 5-15 cm, apex acuminate, base obtuse (to acute), (sub)glabrous above, often scabridulous beneath; veins prominent beneath, secondary veins 13-30 pairs, tertiary venation scalariform. Staminate inflorescences up to 4 together, 0.3-1.2 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5-1.3 cm long; stamens (3-)4. Pistillate inflorescences solitary or accompanied by 1 or 2 staminate ones, ca. 0.5 cm in diam., subsessile or up to 0.8 cm long pedunculate; flowers 2-4, basally connate, or 1; stigmas 2.5-3.5 mm long, acute. Infructescence up to 3(-4) cm in diam.
Distribution
Amazonian part of Venezuela present, French Guiana present, Lower Amazon Basin present, Mapane Creek area present, Montagne de la Trinite present, Surinam present
Lower Amazon Basin, extending to the Amazonian part of Venezuela, French Guiana (Montagne de la Trinite) and Surinam (Mapane Creek area).