Ovary : oblong, pilose, light red, 5-7mm long x 1.5-3mm wide
Tube color : red to orange-red
Tube shape : suburceolate, sparsely pilose outside, glabrous within
Tube dimensions : 6.5-7.5mm long from top of ovary-point of petal and stamen insertion, 4-5mm in diameter and quadrilobed at the base, narrowed-3.5mm in diameter in the middle, about 4.5mm in diameter at the rim
Sepal color upper : red to orange-red
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : triangular
Sepal tips : spreading at anthesis
Sepal dimensions : 9-11mm long x 3mm wide, connate at base for 2-3mm
Corolla dimensions : 5-6.5mm long x 4.5-5.5mm wide
Nectary : a ring about 1mm high, surrounding and tightly appressed-the base of the style, with four stout ridges extending up along the floral tube and tapering towards the rim
Stamens : stamens in two series, the antisepalous stamens erect and exserted above the floral tube, with filaments 1 to 1.5 mm long, the antipetalous stamens reflexed and included within the tube
Filaments :
Anthers : oblong, 2-3.5mm long x 1-2mm wide, with a small, mucronate tip, dorsifixed, the exserted slightly larger, pollen bi- (rarely tri-) aperturate, longest dimensions 84-96 µn (based on ten grains), the ektexine with elongate sculpture elements and smooth viscin threads attached near the proximal pole,
Pistil :
Style : glabrous, 12-14 mm long, pink,
Stigma : capitate, shortly quadri-lobed, 2mm long x 1.5-2mm in diameter, pink
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : solitary in upper leafaxils, pendant and secund
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : oblong, deep maroon, 15-20mm long x 10-12mm wide
Seed : 120-150 per berry, materally compressed, 1.2-1.6mm long x 1mm wide
Habit : erect to scandent shrubs, roots tuberous with large clusters present at base of the stem, individual segments irregularly ovoid to clavate, to 16 cm long and 5.5 cm in diameter
Hardiness:
Height : 1-2 m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks :
Named : derived from a Greek term meaning “thick footed”. It refers to the characteristically thickened and tuberous roots of the species
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1988
Botanist : Berry P.E. & Stein B.A.
Authors : Berry & Stein 1988
Original publication : Syst. Bot. 13: 484 1988
Habitat : known from only two locations on the western slopes of the Peruvian Andes: Near Contumaza in Cajamarca Department and near Cochabamba in Ancash Department
Elevation : 2450-2900
Native country : Peru
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : deciduous in the dry season, mostly alternate, occasionally opposite or ternate, membranaceous, petioles pilose, 5 to 21 mm long, often leaving a subspinose protrusion on the stem after leaf abscission, stipules dark, triangular with subulate tips, 0.8 to 1.1 mm long, persistent
Foliage color upper side : glabrous with impressed veins
Foliage color lower side : subglabrous to pilose
Leaf dimensions : 5-13cm long x 1.5-2.5cm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly elliptic
Leaf margin : serrulate
Leaf tip :
Leaf base :
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 9 to 15 on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : branches arching to divergent with reddish-brown, exfoliating bark, young stems pilose with hairs 0.3 to 0.5 mm long
