Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium diversifolium Rose
Bursera diversi folia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5 : 113. 1897. Terebinthus diversifolia Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 279. 1909.
A tree 3.6-7.5 m. high ; older branches glabrous, shining, reddish ; younger branches, rachis of leaves, and inflorescence pubescent ; leaflets 4-6 pairs, the lower ones often again pinnate with 3-7 leaflets ; leaflets 25 mm. long or less, ovate or oblong, serrate, obtuse, rarely acute, rounded at base, or the terminal one sometimes cuneate, pubescent and somewhat shining above, paler, softly pubescent, and reticulate beneath ; rachis narrowly winged between the leaflets ; inflorescence contracted ; drupes glabrous, 10 mm. long.
Type locality : Along road from Ocuilapa to Tuxtla, Chiapas.
Distribution : Chiapas.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
