Cestrum glanduliferum
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Cestrum glanduliferum is a plant type from the genus of cestrum ( Cestrum ).
description
Cestrum glanduliferum is a shrub or tree up to 6.5 m high . The twigs can be finely or sparsely hairy, or glabrous. The leaves are elongated or elliptical-lanceolate, they are 11 to 26.5 cm long and 3.5 to 10.5 cm wide. They are almost leathery, hairless on top and finely hairy on the underside. To the front, the leaf blades are pointed or short-pointed, narrowly rounded to pointed at the base. The leaf stalks are 1 to 2 cm long.
The inflorescences are in the armpits and form clusters of just a few flowers . The rachis is finely hairy and shorter than the petioles, the bracts are finely hairy and linear, they can be permanent or shed. The flowers themselves are sessile or have only a short stalk. The calyx reaches a length of 3.5 to 4 mm, is hairless or inconspicuously hairy glandular. It is covered with triangular calyx tips that are about 0.5 mm long and hairy at the tip. The crown is green or grayish green in color, the slender corolla tube is about 14 mm long and widens towards the tip. The corolla lobes are elongated, hairless and about 3 to 3.5 mm long. The stamens are 2 mm long, have appendages at the base that are slightly incised up to almost the base and have inconspicuous, papillary hair. Apart from this hairiness, the corolla tube is hairless. The stylus is about 11.5 mm long.
The fruit reaches a length of about 6 mm and contains a single seed with a length of 4.5 mm.
Occurrence
The species grows in damp forests at altitudes around 1050 m. It is widespread in southern Mexico , from Guatemala it is known from at least one collection.
literature
- Johnnie L. Gentry Jr. and Paul Standley: Flora of Guatemala. Solanaceae , Fieldiana: Botany, Volume 24, Part X, Numbers 1 and 2. Field Museum of Natural History, 1974.