Mortoniodendron guatemalense Standl. & Steyerm.
Descripción
A large shrub or small tree 6 meters high or more, the branches, slender, at first sparsely stellate-pubescent; leaves distichous, on petioles 5-10 mm. long, oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, mostly 8-15 cm. long and 2-5 cm. wide, abruptly long-acuminate, subacute or obtuse and somewhat unequal at the base, entire, membranaceous, almost glabrous above, sparsely stellate-pubescent on the nerves or almost wholly glabrous, 3-nerved at the base, the lateral nerves 6-7 pairs; flowers few, the cymes 4.5-7 cm. long, the branches minutely stellate- pubescent, the pedicels 4-12 mm. long; sepals ovate, 8-10 mm. long, acute; petals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous; fruit 3-celled, obtusely angulate, dull green, 2 cm. long, 1.5-1.8 cm. broad; seeds 2 in each cell, loosely covered by a deep orange aril, 7-8 mm. long; endosperm copious.A
Distribución
México (país) Nativo y no endémicoA
Ecología y Hábitat
Wet mixed forest, at or near sea level.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de otro tipoA
Categoría IUCN
En peligro (EN)B
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC