Filed As:

Burseraceae
Protium ovatum Engl.

All Determinations:

Protium ovatum Engl. det. D. C. Daly, 1997

Location:

Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Andrés Ibáñez Prov. Vic. Estancia Maguey, 7 km NNW of Ayacucho [=Porongo] on road to Terevinto, 17 km (by air) west of center of Santa Cruz. Alt. 475 m. (1558 ft.)

Collector(s):

M. H. Nee 47050 with M. Saldias P., 25 Aug 1996

Description:

Small tree with strong resinous odor. Flowers with faint but not sweet odor. Petals dull red. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Rolling to hilly terrain on leached sandy and clay sediments. Deciduous woodland with some savanna species, "cerrado" vegetation, with Attalea phalerata [Scheelea princeps], Astronium, Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Dilodendron bipinnatum, Tabebuia aurea, T. roseo-alba, Curatella americana.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 164663
GUID: 30ed18c1-a187-4eea-8d5a-6abd577e8d7d

Map:

Coordinates: (-17.8, -63.3417)

Distribution:

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