Clusia rosea

Jacquin

Enum. Syst. Pl., 34. 1760.

Common names: Autograph-tree
Illustrated
Synonyms: Clusia retusa Poiret
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 68.

Plants freestanding or epiphytic or epilithic, 0.1–10 (–18) m. Leaves: petiole 10–20 mm; blade obovate, 7–15 (–23) × 6.4–15 cm, base ± cuneate, apex rounded to emarginate. Inflorescences: peduncle 2 mm; bracts connate. Flowers: staminate unknown; pistillate: sepals in unequal pairs, spatulate to obovate, usually cucullate, to 1.5 × 2 cm; petals obovate-clawed, 3–4 cm, waxy; [staminodes connate, forming resinous cupule]; ovary globose; stigmas 6–9 (–12). Capsules yellow, flushed red, globose, 5–8 cm diam.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, near beaches
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Clusia rosea is widely cultivated in Florida and is established in Broward and Miami-Dade counties; it is native in the Keys (Monroe County). In the flora area, staminate flowers are not known; C. rosea may be apomictic (B. Maguire 1976).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Clusia rosea"
rounded;emarginate +
more or less enveloping seed +  and basal +
Norman K. B. Robson +
Jacquin +
cuneate +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
obovate +
fleshy +  and leathery +
6.4 cm64 mm <br />0.064 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
[4-]6-9(-12)-valved +
flushed red +  and yellow +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
fleshy +  and leathery +
Autograph-tree +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0–10 m +
hypogynous +
cupuliform +  and stellate +
septifragal +
Disturbed sites, near beaches +
entire +  and pinnate +
globose +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
unequal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
decussate +  and imbricate +
persistent +
obovate-clawed +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
ceraceous +
planoconvex;terete +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
Enum. Syst. Pl., +
yellowish +
decussate +  and imbricate +
persistent +
cucullate;spatulate;obovate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
Clusia retusa +
Clusia rosea +
species +
1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br /> (1,800 cm18,000 mm <br />18 m <br />) +
plant +, epiphytic or epilithic +  and freestanding +
epilithic +  and epiphytic +