Lecythis pisonis Cambess.

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Lecythis pisonis Cambess.

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 8955, 24 Dec 1973

  • Location

    Panama. Canal Zone: Summit Gardens.

  • Description

    Tree, 15 m x 100 cm. Abundantly flowering, tree of same species next to it sterile, beginning to lose leaves, another with many leaves already gone. When young, petals purple fringed with white, hood darker purple with yellow stamens and staminodes; flowers fading nearly to white then falling, lightly fragrant with odor similar to Syringa vulgaris but somewhat sharper. The abundant faded rotting flowers littering ground giving off sweet fragrance and attracting more small pollen gathering bees than living flowers. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Cultivated

  • Collection Notes

    1 of 2, the other sheet is NY 728303

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 728305

    Occurrence ID: 8aaf6889-2fa4-4fb4-b1e9-8e4ef78733e7

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Lecythidaceae

  • All Determinations

    Lecythis pisonis Cambess. det S. A. Mori, 1987

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