Ampelocera hottlei is a species of neotropical trees in the Ulmaceae family.

Ampelocera hottlei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ampelocera
Species:
A. hottlei
Binomial name
Ampelocera hottlei
(Standl.) Standl.
Synonyms

Celtis hottlei Standl.

Description

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Trees 10–30 m tall; trunk 10–50 cm dbh, with narrow buttresses ca. 2 m tall; bark smooth, white to gray with dark lenticels. Branchlets light brown-gray, lenticellate; stipules ca. 4 mm long. Petioles 0.6-1.2 cm long; leaf blades, oblong to elliptic, 7–26 cm long, 2.6-10.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obliquely attenuate to rounded, margins entire, chartaceous to subcoriaceous when dry, dull dark green above, dull light green beneath, glabrous and smooth on both sides, lateral veins 3-5, palmately veined at the base of the leaf blade.[1]

Inflorescences axillary compound dichasia, 1-2.5 cm long, with 8-17 flowers, the perfect flowers toward the apex and staminate flowers toward the base. Flowers purplish to yellowish green, puberulent bracteoles 1–2 mm long; calyx 1–2 mm long, with 5 lobes, externally puberulent; stamens ca. 16 in perfect flowers, ca. 8 in staminate flowers; stamens ca. 3 mm long; ovary puberulent, style branches ca. 4 mm long. Fruits yellow, obovoid, 1.2-1.5 cm tall, 1-1.2 cm wide, velutinous, with persistent style.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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A. hottlei occurs from central Mexico to Nicaragua in primary rainforest or tropical wet forest.[1]

Phenology

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Flowering reported from February and fruiting from March to June.[1]

Vernacular names

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  • Mexico: coquito, cautivo, guaya, ojoche blanco, popo mojo.[1]
  • Belize: bullhoof, luin.[1]
  • Guatemala: luin, tison.[1]
  • El Salvador: tison.[1]
  • Nicaragua: cuscano, yayo.[1]

Uses

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Wood suitable for construction and making of railroad ties.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Todzia (1989). "A Revision of Ampelocera (Ulmaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 76 (4): 1087–1102. doi:10.2307/2399693. hdl:2152/31150. JSTOR 2399693.

Further reading

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  • Pennington, T; Sarukhan, J; Arboles tropicales de Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2005, ISBN 978-968-16-7855-5