Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia tryphera A.C.Sm.

Common Names:

quereme macho

Location:

Colombia. Valle del Cauca. Old road Cali-Buenaventura, km 32-33. Alt. 1300 - 1375 m. (4265 - 4511 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 6987 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, 10 Mar 1979

Description:

terrestrial or epiphytic shrub to 2-2.5 m tall. rachis and pedicels green suffused with red; floral bracts bright dark red, tightly enclosing calyx and corolla.

Habitat:

steep roadsides through disturbed cloud forest. locally common.

Other:

Collection Notes: corolla red; mature fruits dark blue black; buds apparently exude small quantity of a white milky, sticky substance

Identifiers:

GUID: a1dc906d-3571-41ea-b11b-052c49b509c8

Distribution:

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