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Magnoliopsida
Apeiba tibourbou Aubl.
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Apeiba tibourbou is a tree native to Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, and Costa Rica. It is used as an alternative fiber crop to make paper.
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: En la Vertiente del Pacífico, desde la parte noroeste de la provincia de Guanacaste hasta el Valle del General. Elevación entre 0 - 1200 m.
Distribucion General: Sur de México hasta Panamá y Sur América.
Árbol o arbusto.
Árbol pequeño o arbusto, hasta de 13 m de altura. Hojas simples, alternas, dísticas, de 10 a 33 cm de largo por 5.5 a 15 cm de ancho, elípticas u ovadas, margen finamente denticulado o aserrado. Peciolos engrosados. Corteza fácilmente desprendible en tiras, savia mucilaginosa, los brotes jóvenes de la planta densamente indumentados por tricomas estrellados y simples.
Inflorescencias panículas de 8 a 10 cm de largo, pubescentes. Flores amarillas, hasta de 2.2 cm de largo http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes3.fp3&key=37726&-img" > (ver imagen). Frutos cápsulas, de 3.5 a 4.5 cm de largo por 7 a 8 cm de ancho, aplanadas en los extremos, como en forma de disco, negras cuando maduras, cubiertas con numerosas "espinas", largas y flexibles. Frutos equinados y discoides.Syntype for Apeiba albiflora Ducke
Catalog Number: US 1040605
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Ducke
Year Collected: 1913
Locality: Haut Ariramba (Trombetas), Etat de Pará., Pará, Brazil, South America
- Syntype: Ducke, A. 1922. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro. 3: 209, pl. 20.
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Syntype for Apeiba albiflora Ducke
Catalog Number: US 1040746
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Ducke
Year Collected: 1915
Locality: Lac Salgado (bas Trombetas), Etat de Pará., Pará, Brazil, South America
- Syntype: Ducke, A. 1922. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro. 3: 209, pl. 20.
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Syntype for Apeiba albiflora Ducke
Catalog Number: US 1041005
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Ducke
Year Collected: 1918
Locality: Rio Branco de Obidos, Etat de Pará., Pará, Brazil, South America
- Syntype: Ducke, A. 1922. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro. 3: 209, pl. 20.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
Fruit: Fruits are used as a charm by the women when making the fermented cassava drink known as “casseri” so that casseri will be strong (Guyana Patamona).