Sloanea terniflora (Moç. & Sessé ex DC.) Standl. Terciopelo (Elaeocarpaceae)

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Masís, A., Guadamuz, A., Chavarría, F., Espinoza, R. and Perez, D. 1998. Sloanea terniflora (Elaeocarpaceae) Species Page, April 15,1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Tree up to 30 m tall (Croat 1978). Evergreen.

Flower:

Inflorescence 3-7 cm long, 1-3 flowers per inflorescence. The flowers are apetalous (without petals) and maroon, numerous pale yellow stamens (Croat 1978).

Fruit:

The fruits are elipsoide capsules. They have 4 valves. Densely prbescent (Croat 1978). The fruits are mahogany colored. The seeds are approximately 2 cm long. They are grey when mature. There are 1-3 seeds per fruit.

Cross section

Lateral view of the fruit

Leaves:

The leaves are oblanceolate and have sinuate margins. They are simple opposite, approximately 4-8 cm long. The upper surface is dark green and the under surface is light green. The petiole is cilindrical.

Upper surface	Under surface
Leaf arrangement

Bark and wood:

The bark is grey and scaley.

Bark

 Whole plant architecture:

View of the whole plant

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

From sea level to 600 msnm, on the pacific side of the mountain range.

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the El Hacha sector ont the edge of the Sábalo river in the Guitarra area.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited.