Comprehensive Description
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Aspidosperma cruentum Woodson, Am. Jour. Bot
22: 684. 1935.
Large tree with dark-red latex; leaves alternate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 6-8 cm. long, 2.5-3 cm. broad, obtuse, glabrous, the secondary veins oblique, very crowded, the petioles 1517 mm. long; follicles obovate-reniform, obscurely acuminate, 16-18 cm. long, 8-10 cm. broad, very densely and minutely ferruginousvelutinous ; seeds orbicular, about 8-8.5 cm. in diameter, the cotyledons ovate-cordate, about 2 cm. long and 1.7 cm. broad.
Type locality: Vaxactum, Peten, Guatemala.
Distribution: British Honduras; Peten (province), Guatemala.
- bibliographic citation
- Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Aspidosperma melanocalyx: Brief Summary
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Aspidosperma spruceanum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aspidosperma. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and the Guianas.
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