Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Rourea glabra H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 7 : 41. 1824
Robergia glabra Spreng. Syst. 4 : Cur. Post. 188. 1827. Rourea oblongifolia H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 283. 1836. Connarus f glabra DC. Prodr. 2 : 85. 1825.
A vine, with glabrous terete branches. Leaves long-petioled, glabrous ; leaflets 3 or 5, oblong to ovateelliptic, coriaceous, 3-12 cm. long, shining above, dull beneath, acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, the stout petiolules 2-5 mm. long ; panicles usually numerous, 6-9 cm. long, much shorter than the leaves; bracts very small, ovate to lanceolate, sometimes slightly villous ; pedicels filiform, 2-8 mm. long ; calyx about 3 mm. long, its lobes ovate to oval, acutish or obtuse, ciliolate; petals white, obovate, about one half longer than the calyx ; stamens a little shorter than the petals, the anthers cordate ; carpels villous ; styles a little shorter than the stamens ; follicle obliquely oblong, slightly curved, 1-1.7 cm. long, 4-6 mm. in diameter, 2-4 times as long as the fruiting calyx; seed darkbrown, the aril one third to one fourth its length.
Type locality : Banks of the Orinoco River near Caycara.
Distribution: Cuba; Santo Domingo; Porto Rico; St. Lucia; Grenada; Tamaulipas and Tepic to Panama ; also in Colombia and Venezuela.
VoLtJME 22, Part 3, 1908]
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- bibliographic citation
- Frederick Vernon Coville, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Allan Gleason, John Kunkel Small, Charles Louis Pollard, Per Axel Rydberg. 1908. GROSSULARIACEAE, PLATANACEAE, CROSSOSOMATACEAE, CONNARACEAE, CALYCANTHACEAE, and ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
