''Prunus huantensis'' is a South American

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native to mountain forests of

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, and

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. It may be a synonym of ''

Prunus brittoniana ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the paleo ...

''.

Description

It is a shrub or tree up to tall, with brown

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branchlets. The

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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 (in central Peru); pipe (in

Pataz Province The Pataz Province is one of twelve provinces of the La Libertad Region in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Tayabamba. Political division The province is divided into thirteen districts A district is a type of administrative ...

, northern Peru); pandala or pundé (southern Colombia); sacha capulí, capulí, laurel or canelón (in Ecuador).

Distribution and habitat

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15547190 huantensis Plants described in 1913 Flora of South America Trees of Colombia Trees of Ecuador Trees of Peru