Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb.

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 650

[1433] Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb.

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Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52 (4-5): 320 [3 Aug. 1915] (Urban 1915). — Celastrus myrtifolius L., Sp. Pl. 1: 196 [1 May 1753] ( Linnaeus 1753). — Lauro-cerasu s myrtifoli a (L.) Britton, N. Amer. Trees 510 [9 May 1908] (Britton 1908), “ Laurocerasus ”.

Prunus sphaerocarpa Sw., Prodr. [Swartz] 80 [20 Jun.-29 July 1788] (Swartz 1788).

Prunus tikalana Lundell , Wrightia 4 (2): 88 [31 Dec. 1968] (Lundell 1968).

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: kunau • Ka: okoipyo • Wp: kunawalu’ɨ • Cr: bwa-noyo • Br: marmelo-bravo, virarú.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 19 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.-J. de Granville et al. 10765.

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 7 trees in 6 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 48.1 cm.

Figures

FIG. 48. — Rhabdodendraceae: A, Rhabdodendron amazonicum (Spruce ex Benth.) Huber (D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 3022). Rhamnaceae: B, Sarcomphalus cinnamomum (Triana & Planch.) Hauenschild (D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 2538). Rhizophoraceae C, Cassipourea guianensis Aubl. (J.-F. Molino & D. Sabatier 2844). Rosaceae: D, Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb. (D. Sabatier & J.-F. Molino 5527). A, B, D, © D. Sabatier/IRD; C, © J.-F. Molino/IRD.