Prunus huantensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Species: | P. huantensis
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Binomial name | |
Prunus huantensis Koehne
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Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana. [1]
It is a shrub or tree up to 27 metres (89 feet) tall, [2] [3] with brown lenticellate branchlets. [2] The leaves are 6.5–17 centimetres (2+1⁄2–6+3⁄4 inches) long, 3.5–7 cm (1+1⁄2–2+3⁄4 in) wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate. [2] [4] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long. [2] The fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm (3⁄4 in) wide. [2] [4]
Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca (in central Peru); [2] pipe (in Pataz Province, northern Peru); [5] pandala or pundé (southern Colombia); [6] sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador). [3] [7]
Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at elevations of 2,500–3,500 m (8,200–11,500 ft), [2] [8] from southern Colombia to central Peru. [2] [4] [8]
Prunus huantensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Species: | P. huantensis
|
Binomial name | |
Prunus huantensis Koehne
|
Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana. [1]
It is a shrub or tree up to 27 metres (89 feet) tall, [2] [3] with brown lenticellate branchlets. [2] The leaves are 6.5–17 centimetres (2+1⁄2–6+3⁄4 inches) long, 3.5–7 cm (1+1⁄2–2+3⁄4 in) wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate. [2] [4] Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long. [2] The fruits are black, spherical, up to 1.9 cm (3⁄4 in) wide. [2] [4]
Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca (in central Peru); [2] pipe (in Pataz Province, northern Peru); [5] pandala or pundé (southern Colombia); [6] sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador). [3] [7]
Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at elevations of 2,500–3,500 m (8,200–11,500 ft), [2] [8] from southern Colombia to central Peru. [2] [4] [8]