Mortoniodendron vestitum Lundell
Descripción
Arbor magna, usque ad 25 m. alta, ramuli graciles, stellato-hirsuti; folia petiolis 3-5 mm., raro usque ad 7 mm., longis stipitata; lamina oblongo-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, 8-15 em. longa, 4-8 em. lata, apice subabrupte et breviter acuminata vel acuminata, basi inaequalis, rotundata vel truncata, membranacea, supra glabrata, subtus stellato-pilosa, nervis lateralibus 5-7-jugis; inflorescentia terminalis, paniculata, usque ad 6 cm. longa, ramulis minute stellato-pubescentibus; capsula subglobosa, loculicide 3-4-valvis, usque ad 2.5 cm. longa, 2.3 em. lata, dense fulvo-tomentella. A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
Casi amenazada (NT)B
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
From all other species of the genus, M. vestitum may be recognized by the persistent soft stellate pubescence of the lower leaf surface. The upper surface at maturity is pubescent only along the midvein and primary nerves. It appears to be related to M. Ruizii Miranda which has essentially glabrous leaves and much larger fruits with thick valves. A