Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Mouriri grandiflora DC.

Common Names:

dawicu hoja gruesa

Location:

Venezuela. Amazonas. San Carlos de Río Negro, ca. 20 km S of conflunce of Río Negro and Brazo Casiquiare; Río Negro near isla Borua (= I. Bruno) ± 28 km S of San Carlos. Alt. 119 m. (390 ft.)

Collector(s):

H. L. Clark 7938 with P. Maquirino, 22 Apr 1981

Description:

Tree. Small tree, 5 m high; fruit deep orange, white pulp edible (tasty!), sweet, semi-liquid; seeds maroon-red.

Habitat:

River margin; average rainfall 3400 - 3600 mm/year.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US (barcode 00748718), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: d5522709-f52b-4cb5-b5d1-f34a6d594ff5

Map:

Coordinates: (1.93333, -67.05)

Distribution:

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