Pithecellobium villiferum Ducke

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.

  • Family

    Mimosaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pithecellobium villiferum Ducke

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA: Amazonas: along Rio Guainia between Comunidad and Santa Rita, alt. 120 m; tree 6 m; fls white; 8 Jul 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 43351.

  • Discussion

    The type locality, along the upper Rio Negro of northern Brazil, is in the southern part of the physiographic province in which the above cited collection was made, so it is not an unexpected first report for Venezuela. Since it has also been reported from Tafelberg in the interior of Suriname, it may be a more widely ranging species than earlier suspected.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA: Amazonas: along Rio Guainia between Comunidad and Santa Rita, alt. 120 m; tree 6 m; fls white; 8 Jul 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 43351.

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