Filed As:

Lecythidaceae
Grias ecuadorica Cornejo & S.A.Mori

All Determinations:

Grias ecuadorica Cornejo & S.A.Mori det. X. Cornejo, 2011
Note: Paratype

Grias multinervia Cuatrec., Mar 2010

Location:

Ecuador. Los Ríos. Hcda. Clementina, Cerro Samama. Alt. 500 m. (1640 ft.)

Collector(s):

X. Cornejo 8187 with K Yoza, 19 Mar 2010

Description:

Unbranched tree 12 m tall, ca. 20 cm dbh. Leaf blades to 100 x 40 cm, but to 150 cm long in other individuals in this area; the blades beneath inconspicuously pubescent mainly at base; leaf margins sinuate to dentate; tertiaries mostly impressed to plain beneath. Fruits attached to trunk, the pedicels 0.2-2 cm long. The seeds initially has a cabbage-like taste, later turning bitter and mildly spicy (in the throath). Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Habitat:

Premontane wet forest. sympatric with Grias peruviana (Cornejo 8189).

Feature Notes:

Fruits separate. Sample for DNA studies. Photos.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Separate fruit not found when duplicates distributed. If found, they should go to NY, K

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 01922317
GUID: 9933a8e2-9869-4a63-84ba-6c31a74973c3

Map:

Coordinates: (-1.65, -79.37)

Distribution:

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