Prunus huantensis

Prunus huantensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: P. huantensis
Binomial name
Prunus huantensis
Pilg.
Synonyms

Prunus rugosa Koehne

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Macbride, J. F. (1938). "Flora of Peru". Fieldiana. v.13:pt.2:no.3: 1086.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. 1 2 Jorgensen, Peter; León-Yánez, Susana, eds. (1999). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador". Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
  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.
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