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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Vallea |
| Species: | V. stipularis |
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| Vallea stipularis L.f. | |
Vallea stipularis is a species of tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is native from the Andes mountains in South America.
Description
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.
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Distribution and habitat
Vallea stipularis is native to the Andes, in montane forest and páramo, between 1600–4000 m of elevation, from Venezuela to Bolivia.
References
- ^ "Vallea in Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- "Neotropical Elaeocarpaceae - Neotropikey from Kew". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "Vallea stipularis (capuli) | Plants & Fungi At Kew". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- Macbride, J.F. (1959). "Tiliaceae". Flora of Peru. Vol. 13 pt.3A no.2. Field Museum. pp. 435–436.