Source de la synonymie
Allorge, L. 1985. Monographie des Apocynacées - Tabernaemontanoïdées américaines. Mémoires du Muséum National, nouvelle série, Série B, Botanique, 30: 1-216. [CD_REF = 921056] Macoubea guianensis var. pubiflora Monach., 1946

 

Date de publication : Bot. Mus. Leafl., 24(8): 193-202, pl. 49-51. 1976 [09/04/1976]. Voir aussi R.E. Schultes, Act. Amaz., 7(3): [317-]322-323[-327]. 1978.

Type : Colombie, Amazonas, Río Karaparaná [affluent du Putumayo], San Rafael (in vicinity of El Encanto), 30/03-02/04/1970, fruits. Tree up to 40 ft. Many trunks from root. Cultivated. Bark smooth, light grey with whtish patches. Latex copious, white, sticky. Leaves thick, coriaceous. Outside of fruit brown; inside light green except where seeds lie (which is brown). Pulp liquid, light brown, sweet, eaten. Seeds dark brown. Seeds and pulp from one fruit 250 c.c. R.E. Schultes 26072 (HT: GH00054895, GH00054896, GH00054897; IT: COL000004002, COL000004003, ECON00112725).