Prunus huantensis

Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana.[1]

Prunus huantensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. huantensis
Binomial name
Prunus huantensis
Koehne

Description

It is a shrub or tree up to 27 metres (89 feet) tall,[2][3] with brown lenticellate branchlets.[2] The leaves are 6.5–17 centimetres (2+1⁄2–6+3⁄4 inches) long, 3.5–7 cm (1+1⁄2–2+3⁄4 in) wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate.[2][4] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long.[2] The fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm (3⁄4 in) wide.[2][4]

Vernacular names

Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca (in central Peru);[2] pipe (in Pataz Province, northern Peru);[5] pandala or pundé (southern Colombia);[6] sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador).[3][7]

Distribution and habitat

Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at elevations of 2,500–3,500 m (8,200–11,500 ft),[2][8] from southern Colombia to central Peru.[2][4][8]

References
  1. Achá Macias, Serena Isabel (2013). El Género Prunus (Rosaceae) En Bolivia: Novedades En Su Sistemática (PDF) (Licenciatura). Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. Macbride, J. F. (1938). "Flora of Peru". Fieldiana. v.13:pt.2:no.3: 1086.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. doi:10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i2.173.
  5. Lopez, Arnaldo (1995). "Catálogo de la flora del departamento de La Libertad (tercera parte)". Arnaldoa. 3 (2): 65. ISSN 1815-8242.
  6. 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.
  7. "Prunus huantensis Pilg".
  8. Jorgensen, Peter; León-Yánez, Susana, eds. (1999). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador". Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
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