Prunus huantensis
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Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Description
It is a shrub or tree up to 27 m high,[1][2] with brown lenticellate branchlets.[1] Leaves 6.5--17 cm long, 3.5--7 cm wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate.[1][3] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 mm long.[1] Fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm wide.[1][3]
Distribution and Habitat
Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at 2500--3500 m of elevation,[1][4] from southern Colombia to central Peru.[1][3][4]
Vernacular names
Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca (in central Peru);[1] pipe (in Pataz Province, northern Peru);[5] pandala or pundé (southern Colombia);[6] sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador).[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Macbride, J. F. (1938). "Flora of Peru". Fieldiana. v.13:pt.2:no.3: 1086.
- ^ a b Ganzhi, José (2006). Estudio anatómico de las especies arbóreas del bosque nublado de la Estación Científica San Francisco (Tesis) (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Loja. p. 141.
- ^ a b c Pérez-Zabala, J. A. (2007). "Studies on the genus Prunus (Rosaceae) in the Neotropics: taxonomic and nomenclature changes for Colombia". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 64 (2): 177–190.
- ^ a b Jorgensen, Peter; León-Yánez, Susana, eds. (1999). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador". Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
- ^ Lopez, Arnaldo (1995). "Catálogo de la flora del departamento de La Libertad (tercera parte)". Arnaldoa. 3 (2): 65. ISSN 1815-8242.
- ^ Muñoz, Diego; Calvache, David; Yela, José (2013). "Especies forestales con potencial agroforestal para las zonas altas en el departamento de Nariño" (PDF). Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas. 29 (1): 38–53. ISSN 0120-0135.
