| Vallea stipularis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Vallea |
| Species: | V. stipularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vallea stipularis | |
Vallea stipularis is a species of tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family. [1] [2] It is native from the Andes mountains in South America. [1]
Evergreen shrub or tree up to 18 meters tall; fissured bark. Kidney-shaped stipules on branchlets. Leaves heart-shaped or pear-shaped, sometimes lobed, up to 10 cm long, dark green above, whitish green beneath, with tufts of hairs in the vein axils. Cymose inflorescence with pinkish-red or crimson bell-shaped flowers; these with five sepals and five three-lobed petals, 9–13 mm long; ovary and styles glabrous; 15–60 stamens. Warty fruits, 1 cm wide, often dehiscing on the tree. [3] [4]
Vallea stipularis is native to the Andes, in montane forest and páramo, between 1600–4000 m of elevation, from Venezuela to Bolivia. [1] [3]
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