Prunus huantensis


Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. It may be a synonym of Prunus brittoniana.

Description

It is a shrub or tree up to tall, with brown lenticellate branchlets. The leaves are long, wide; ovate, with a rounded base; rigid, coriaceous; shortly denticulate. Flowers arranged in an elongated raceme up to 17 cm long; sepals 1 mm long; petals up to long. The fruits are black, spherical, up to wide.

Vernacular names

Names recorded for this species are: inca-inca ; pipe ; pandala or pundé ; sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón.

Distribution and habitat

Prunus huantensis can be found in mountain forests at elevations of, from southern Colombia to central Peru.