Guatteria pudica N.Zamora & Maas

129. Guatteria pudica N.Zamora & Maas View in CoL — Map 27

Guatteria pudica N.Zamora & Maas (2000) 244, f. 3–5. — Type: Herrera C. 4026 (holo INB; iso BM, CR, MO), Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Peninsula de Osa , Parque Nacional Corcovado, Rincón, ‘por las filas en la cuenca superior de la Quebrada Vaquedano’, 500 m, 23 July 1990.

Tree 4–13 m tall, 5–40 cm diam; young twigs densely covered with a long-persisting indument of erect, reddish brown hairs. Leaves: petiole 3–8 mm long, 2–3 mm diam; lamina narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 10–28 by 5–10 cm (leaf index 2–3), chartaceous, not verruculose, dull, greyish green above, brown below, glabrous above, but primary vein densely covered with erect, reddish brown hairs, densely covered with erect, reddish brown hairs below, base obtuse to slightly cordate, basal margins revolute or slightly so, apex acuminate (acumen 10–20 mm long), primary vein impressed to flat above, secondary veins distinct, 7–16 on either side of primary vein, impressed to slightly raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin 3–5 mm, tertiary veins raised above, reticulate. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; pedicels 10–17 mm long, 2–3 mm diam, fruiting pedicels to c. 35 mm long, 2–3 mm diam, densely covered with erect and appressed, reddish brown hairs, articulated at 0.2–0.6 from the base, bracts 4–7, soon falling, lower bracts broadly to very broadly elliptic-ovate, c. 2 mm long, uppermost bracts broadly elliptic, 4–6 mm long; flower buds depressed ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 5–8 by 5–8 mm, appressed to slightly reflexed, outer side densely covered with appressed hairs; petals yellowish green or yellow in vivo, broadly ovate to rhombic, 10–20 by 9–18 mm, outer side densely covered with appressed, reddish brown hairs; sta- mens 1.5–2 mm long, connective shield papillate. Monocarps 50–75, wine-red when ripe in vivo, black in sicco, ellipsoid, 8–11{–13} by 4–6{–8} mm, sparsely covered with appressed hairs, apex apiculate (apiculum <0.5 mm long), wall 0.1–0.2 mm thick, stipes 5–10 by 1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 7–8 by 4 mm, dark brown, pitted, raphe not distinct from rest of seed.

Distribution — Costa Rica.

Habitat & Ecology — In lowland rain forest. At elevations of 0–500(–800) m. Flowering: February, March, May, July, November; fruiting: February, May, June, November.

Vernacular name — Costa Rica: Malagueto (Thomson 742).

Note — Guatteria pudica is probably closest to G. chiriquiensis , with which it shares a long-persistent indument of erect, brownish hairs on most of its vegetative parts. It differs, how- ever, by an obtuse to slightly cordate leaf base, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic leaves and by a primary vein which is impressed to flat (instead of raised) on the upper side of the lamina.