Weinmannia trichosperma

tineo species

CunoniaceaeWeinmannia

Weinmannia trichosperma or the tineo, is an evergreen tree in the family of Cunoniaceae and is native to Chile and Argentina. It grows up to 30 m tall and up to 1 m in diameter.

  • Bark is gray and fissured.
  • Leaves are opposite and imparipinnate (no terminal leaflet), 3–8 cm long and 2–4 cm wide, and the leaflets are 0.6–1.6 cm long and 0.6–1.0 cm wide , toothed. Between the leaflets there are triangular wings giving each pair a rhomboid outline; at the base of the leaves, there are two deciduous stipules. The foliage tends to be sparse and spread out.
  • Flowers are hermaphrodite, small, white and clustered in racemes. The calyx is made up of 4–5 imbricate sepals; the corolla has 3–5 composite petals; the androecium has 8-10 stamens; the gynoecium has a superior ovary with 2 carpels and white stigmas.
  • Fruit is a leathery obovate capsule 6–9 mm long and 2 mm wide, turning bright red in the fall; seeds are small, ellipsoid, 1 mm long and 0.6 mm across, light brown, with scattered white hairs.

Contributors

  • Mono Andes
  • Philippe de Spoelberch