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Paullinia fuscescens Kunth
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Distribution: In disturbed areas at lower elevations; cultivated and locally naturalized at the Experimental Station in Mayagüez. Native to Cuba, Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, Tobago, and northern South America.
Distribución: En áreas disturbadas de elevaciones bajas; cultivada y localmente naturalizada en la Estación Experimental de Mayagüez. Nativa de Cuba, México, Centroamérica, Trinidad, Tobago y el norte de Sudamérica.
Paullinia fuscescens Kunth
Bejuco leñoso que trepa mediante zarcillos y alcanza 3-7 m de largo. Tallos cilíndricos, tomentosos o tomentulosos, hasta 5 mm de diámetro, con poco látex acuoso; corte transversal con un solo cilindro vascular. Hojas alternas, biternadas; folíolos cartáceos, los márgenes aserrados, revolutos; haz dispersamente pubescente sobre el nervio central, verde lustroso; envés verde opaco, la nervación prominente y puberulenta, con un mechón de pelos en las axilas de los nervios secundarios, con papilas glandulares; folíolos terminales 4-6 × 1.5-2.5 cm, lanceolados, el ápice acuminado, el acumen obtuso, la base largamente atenuada; folíolos laterales 1-2 × 0.7-1 cm, sub-elípticos, el ápice obtuso, la base aguda u obtusa; raquis estrechamente alado, 1-1.6 cm de largo; pecíolos no alados, 7-12 mm de largo; estípulas triangulares, ca. 1 mm de largo; zarcillos en pares, espiralados, en el extremo de cortos ejes axilares, de los cuales usualmente se desarrollan una inflorescencia. Flores sésiles, zigomorfas en cincinos a lo largo de tirsos racemiformes, axilares; ejes tomentosos. Cáliz verde blancuzco, puberulento, con 5 sépalos 2-2.5 mm de largo; pétalos blancos, cuneados en la base, ca. 2 mm de largo; apéndices petalíferos poco más cortos que los pétalos, carnosos y amarillos en el ápice, formando una capucha que encubre las glándulas del disco; estambres 8, los filamentos desiguales; ovario trilocular. Cápsula trialada, roja, 1-1.5 cm de largo; semillas una por lóculo, negras, obovoides, levemente comprimidas lateralmente, ca. 6 mm de largo, con un arilodio blanco y emarginado en la mitad inferior.
Fenología: Coleccionada en flor y fruto durante febrero y marzo.
Estatus: Exótica, naturalizada, localmente común en St. Croix.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 5356; 10845; 11459.
Paullinia fuscescens Kunth in Humb. Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 120. 1821.
Woody vine that climbs by means of tendrils and attains 3-7 m in length. Stems cylindrical, tomentose or tomentulose, up to 5 mm in diameter, with slight watery latex when cut; cross section simple (with a single vascular cylinder). Leaves alternate, biternate; leaflets chartaceous, the margins serrate, revolute; upper surface sparsely pubescent on the midvein, green, shiny; lower surface green, dull, the venation prominent and puberulent, with a tuft of hairs in the axils of the secondary veins, with glandular papillae; terminal leaflets 4-6 × 1.5-2.5 cm, lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the acumen obtuse, the base longattenuate; lateral leaflets 1-2 × 0.7-1 cm, almost elliptical, the apex obtuse, the base acute or obtuse; rachis narrowly winged, 1-1.6 cm long; petioles not winged, 7-12 mm long; stipules triangular, ca. 1 mm long; tendrils in pairs, spirally twisted, at the end of short axillary axes, from which an inflorescence usually develops. Inflorescences of axillary racemiform thyrses, with few sessile flowers, zygomorphic, in lateral cincinni; axes tomentose. Calyx whitish green, of 5 sepals, 2-2.5 mm long; petals white, cuneate at the base, ca. 2 mm long; petaliferous appendages slightly shorter than the petals, fleshy and yellow at the apex, forming a hood that encloses the glands of the disc; stamens 8, the filaments unequal; ovary trilocular. Capsule three-winged, red, 1-1.5 cm long. Seeds one per locule, black, obovoid, slightly laterally compressed, ca. 6 mm long, with a white and emarginate aril on the lower half.
Phenology: Collected in flower and fruit during February and March.
Status: Exotic, naturalized, locally common on St. Croix.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 5356; 10845; 11459.
Holotype for Serjania microcephala Radlk.
Catalog Number: US 677877
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): R. S. Williams
Year Collected: 1908
Locality: Ancon Hill., Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 183 to 183
- Holotype: Radlkofer, L. A. 1914. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 61 (24): 1.
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Whole plant: Juice used for a narcotic in French Guiana. Root: Cooked by the Surinam Saramaccan Bush Negro as a remedy for afflictions of the mucous membranes. Stem and Leaf: In Surinam, a piece of tendril with leaves is used to treat metabolic disorders. Leaf: Used for thrush in NW Guyana.
Guyana Arawak: aboho, hebechi-abo. Guyana Carib: kotupuru. Guyana Wapishana: kohire. Surinam: driekantie, fefi finga wiwiri, feyfi finga wiwiri. Surinam Arawak: abo. Surinam Carib: koetoepoe, moetoepoe.