Leretia

<<<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo>Cotyledons>Texture

wrinkled1

1. 004-002-002-001-001

<<<<Flowers>Ovary>Style>Abortive styles>Style number

two2

2. 003-004-005-002-001

<<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo>Cotyledons

with cotyledons3

3. 004-002-002-001

<<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovules>Ovule number

24

4. 003-004-004-001

<<<Flowers>Ovary>Style>Abortive styles

with abortive styles at the base5

5. 003-004-005-002

<<<Flowers>Ovary>Style>Hairs

glabrous6

6. 003-004-005-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Connective>Shape

prolonged into a conspicuous tip7

7. 003-003-003-001

<<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments>Shape

filiform8

8. 003-003-002-001

<<Drupes>Hairs>Shape

ovoid-ellipsoid9

9. 004-001-001

<<Drupes>Seeds>Embryo

embryo .10

10. 004-002-002

<<Drupes>Seeds>Seed number

111

11. 004-002-001

<<Flowers>Calyx>Lobe number

5-lobed12

12. 003-001-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Cell number

1-celled13

13. 003-004-003

<<Flowers>Ovary>Hairs

hirsute14

14. 003-004-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovules

with anatropous ovules hanging from the apex15

15. 003-004-004

<<Flowers>Ovary>Shape

oblong-ovoid, with a disk-like columniform base16

16. 003-004-002

<<Flowers>Ovary>Style

style eccentric, , .17

17. 003-004-005

<<Flowers>Petals>Apex

apex inflexed;18

18. 003-002-002

<<Flowers>Petals>Petal number

(4-)519

19. 003-002-001

<<Flowers>Stamens>Connective

connective ;20

20. 003-003-003

<<Flowers>Stamens>Filaments

filaments , dorsifixed, versatile, introrse,21

21. 003-003-002

<<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number

(4-)522

22. 003-003-001

<Drupes>Hairs

glabrescent, , pubescent inside23

23. 004-001

<Drupes>Seeds

seed ,24

24. 004-002

<Flowers>Calyx

calyx ;25

25. 003-001

<Flowers>Ovary

ovary , , ,26

26. 003-004

<Flowers>Petals

petals , free,27

27. 003-002

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens ,28

28. 003-003

<Habit>Growth form

scandent29

29. 001-001

<Inflorescences>Pedicels

pedicels articulate below calyx, bracteolate.30

30. 002-002

<Inflorescences>Position

axillary31

31. 002-001

Citation

Veil. 1831 – In: Ic. t. 2

Description

Lianas or rarely shrubs or small trees with scandent branches. Inflorescences axillary, pedunculate, much branched panicles; pedicels articulate below calyx, bracteolate. Flowers small, perfect or sometimes unisexual by abortion; calyx 5-lobed; petals (4-)5, free, apex inflexed; stamens (4-)5, filaments filiform, dorsifixed, versatile, introrse, connective prolonged into a conspicuous tip; ovary hirsute, oblong-ovoid, with a disk-like columniform base, 1-celledwith 2 anatropous ovules hanging from the apex, style eccentric, glabrous, with two abortive styles at the base. Drupes glabrescent, ovoid-ellipsoid, pubescent inside; seed 1, embryo with wrinkled cotyledons.

Distribution

Guianas present, Southern America: Panamá (Panamá present); Peru (Peru present); Venezuela (Venezuela present)

One species in Panama, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru and Brazil.

Drupes

Drupes ;32

32. 004

Flowers

Flowers small, perfect or sometimes unisexual by abortion;33

33. 003

Habit

Lianas or rarely shrubs or small trees with branches.34

34. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescences , pedunculate, much branched panicles;35

35. 002

Wood

Vessels'diffuse', (in each individual ring of secondary xyIem, between the concentric bands of included phloem, an increase of vessel diameter occurs), solitary and in many irregular clusters of 2-4, round to oval, 10-16 per sq. mm, diameter variable, the larger pores 170-250 μm, the smaller pores 70-90 μm in diameter. Vessel-member length: 685(294-882) μm. Perforations simple. Intervascular pits alternate, round, 7μm. Vessel-ray and vessel-parenchyma pits similar to the intervascular pits.
Rays in two types, 5-6 per mm, uni-biseriate, over 1400 μm (= 20 cells) high, heterogeneous, composed of upright and some square cells; and multiseriate, 7-9 cells wide, over 7500 μm (= 220 cells) high. The multiseriate rays often with included phloem in the central part. Rhom- bic crystals common.
Parenchyma paratracheal scanty to vasicentric, apotracheal diffuse and in one cell wide wavy and short tangential bands. Rhombic crystals common.
Fibres non-septate, lumen up to 13μm, walls 3-4 μm. Pits bordered, on radial and tangential walls, 5μm, often with crossed apertures. Length: 1574(1029-2381) μm. F/V ratio: 2.30.
Included phloem present as concentric bands and in some of the multiseriate rays, thus connecting successive concentric bands.

Wood observation species

L. cordata

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