Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Benth.

  • Filed As

    Mimosaceae
    Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    D. R. Simpson 568 with José Schunke V., 06 Jan 1968

  • Location

    Peru. Tumbes. Tumbes Prov. Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de "bosque muy seco tropical" (sensu Tosi, 1960) cerca de El Caucho o entre El Caucho y Pampas de Hospital.

  • Habitat

    In thorn scrub vegetation along Quebrada Las Peñas between San Juan de la Virgen and Matapalo.

  • Description

    Shrub about 2.5 m. tall; bark smooth and whitish grey with white lichen splotches; trunks spiny with very small stipular spines, several trunks from one base; calyx reddish; corolla yellow one side, red other side; filaments light yellow; anthers lemon-colored. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01255803

    Occurrence ID: d3538f59-bda9-4dd9-95d9-3a4ba1c16a6f

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Benth. det D. R. Simpson
    Note: ! Barneby & Grimes, 1991. [Cited as Pithecellobium excelsum (Kunth) Benth. in Barneby & Grimes, Mem. NYBG 74. 1997.]

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Tumbes

  • County/Municipio

    Tumbes Prov.

  • Locality

    Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de "bosque muy seco tropical" (sensu Tosi, 1960) cerca de El Caucho o entre El Caucho y Pampas de Hospital

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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