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Rollinia mucosa, Baill. (Annona mucosa, Jacq.). CachiMan Morveux. A
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Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit
small tree first described by Jacquin from specimens growing
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of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs.  
spontaneously in the forests of Martinique, and said by him to be
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oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs:
rarely cult. In habit it bears a close resemblance to the common
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calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and
custard-apple, Annona reticulata. Lvs. oblong, pointed at the apex and  
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incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle
base: corolla gamopetalous in the form of a roundish body from which 3
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from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near
oblong lobes spread outward in such a way that it not inaptly
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Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to  
represents a tricorn hat: areoles of fr. gibbous (convex) not  
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several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal
papillose nor aculeate; fleshy pulp very viscous and not very well
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Rollinia orthopetala, A. DC. A shrub or small tree with the habit  
flavored.—R. Sieberi has been referred to this species, but Pere Duss,  
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of R. Sieberi, but with the lvs. somewhat longer petioled: lvs.  
in his Flora of the French Antilles has kept the two species distinct.
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oval-oblong, acute at apex and base, pilose: peduncles in pairs:
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calyx-lobes smaller than in R. Sieberi; corolla-wings erect and
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incurved: fr. not described.—This species was described by De Candolle
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from a specimen in the De Candolle Herbarium collected by Parker near
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Demarara, British Guiana. The name has been incorrectly applied to  
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several rollinias with edible fr. Of these the principal
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speies, from an economic point of view,is R deliciosa describe above,  
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which is readely distinguished from R.orthopetala by its widely
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spreading decurved corollawings.
 
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