Cheiloclinium cognatum

Cheiloclinium cognatum
	Leaves and inflorescences
Systematics
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Spindle tree (Celastrales)
Family :	Spindle trees (Celastraceae)
Subfamily :	Salacioideae
Genre :	Cheiloclinium
Type :	Cheiloclinium cognatum
Scientific name
	Cheiloclinium cognatum
	( Miers ) ACSm.

inflorescence

fruit

Cheiloclinium cognatum is a plant in the spindle tree family from central to northern South and Central America .

description

Cheiloclinium cognatum grows as a mostly evergreen , sometimes climbing shrub or small tree up to 12 meters or a little more high. The brown to grayish-brown bark is thick and cracked with age.

The simple, short-stalked and slightly leathery, bare leaves are opposite. The short petiole is up to 5–10 millimeters long. The eilanzettlichen to lanceolate or obscure eilanzettlichen, weakly to finely notched, serrated or finely toothed leaves are pointed or pointed to tailed. They are up to 20-25 centimeters long and 7-9 centimeters wide. The stipules are missing.

There are axillary, to about 10 centimeters long, panicles or thyrsige formed inflorescences. The almost sessile to short-stalked, very small and five-fold, yellow to orange-red, dark purple, hermaphrodite flowers have a double flower envelope . There are 3 short stamens that stand in the lobed disc and an upper, three- chamber ovary with sessile scars .

Round to ellipsoidal and leathery, yellow to orange, 3.5–5 centimeters large, multi-seeded, thick-skinned, bare fruits and berries are formed. The up to about 3–6, egg-shaped to roundish, brown seeds are up to 1.2–2 centimeters long. They are wrapped in a yellowish and gelatinous aril .

use

The sweetish, pleasantly tasting fruits are edible.

literature

K. Kubitzki : The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. VI: Flowering Plants Dicotyledons , Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4 , pp. 31, 40, 59.

Web links

Commons : Cheiloclinium cognatum - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cheiloclinium cognatum at Useful Tropical Plants.
Cheiloclinium cognatum in Flora of the Guianas (illustration).
Cheiloclinium cognatum at Projeto Colecionando Frutas.
Cheiloclinium cognatum at Árvores do Bioma Cerrado.