Pourouma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Cecropieae
Genus: Pourouma
Species: P. acuminata – P. amacayacuensis – P. bergii – P. bicolor – P. bolivarensis – P. cecropiifolia – P. cordata – P. cucura – P. cuspidata – P. elliptica – P. ferruginea – P. floccosa – P. formicarum – P. guianensis – P. herrerensis – P. hirsutipetiolata – P. melinonii – P. minor – P. mollis – P. montana – P. myrmecophila – P. napoensis – P. oraria – P. ovata – P. petiolulata – P. phaeotricha – P. saulensis – P. stipulacea – P. tomentosa – P. velutina – P. villosa
Name

Pourouma Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 891, t. 341. (1775)

Type species: Pourouma guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 892, t. 341. (1775)

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 891–892, t. 341.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pourouma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pourouma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pourouma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 18.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pourouma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Pourouma is a genus of at least 20–25 species of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, or alternately, the Cecropiaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America.[1][2]

The species are trees growing to 20 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, palmately veined, with an entire margin. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is fleshy.[2]

Selected species

Pourouma bicolor
Pourouma bolivarensis[3]
Pourouma cecropiifolia — Amazon grape, mapati
Pourouma cordata[4]
Pourouma montana[4]
Pourouma napoensis[5]
Pourouma oraria
Pourouma petiolulata
Pourouma saulensis[3]
Pourouma stipulacea[3]

References

Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pourouma
Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
Berg, C.C.; Kooy., F. (1982). "Three new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) of the Guiana region". Brittonia. 34: 36–41. JSTOR 2806398.
Berg, C.C. (2004). "Two new species of Pourouma (Cecropiaceae) from South America". Brittonia. 56: 255–9. doi:10.1663/0007-196x(2004)056[0255:tnsopc]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3218342.
Berg, C.C. (1990). "New species of Coussapoa and Pourouma (Cecropiaceae)". Brittonia. 42: 59–65. JSTOR 2807030.