Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Tococa obovata Gleason

All Determinations:

Tococa obovata Gleason det. J. J. Wurdack, 1977

Location:

Venezuela. Amazonas. Cerro Duida, N de La Esmeralda, en el Alto Rio Orinoco; Estacion D1C, Camp. Base (O del Savanna Hills Camp de Tate). Alt. 1350 m. (4429 ft.)

Collector(s):

S. S. Tillett 751 40 with N. R. Ferrigni V., C. J. Zorrilla F., 29 Jan 1975 - 11 Feb 1975

Description:

Subshrub. Subshrub to 4 cm; stem matte medium purple-grey shading to red branches and light green twigs; leaves brittle, folded upward at mid and lateral veins, lustrous, dark green above, beneath light green with dark red hairs; ovary and calyx light yellow-green with dark red sinus; corolla bud deep satiny slightly-red, the non exposed portion white, flushed with pink without, within flushed slightly pink; filaments red, anthers white; fruit lustrous near-black.

Habitat:

Valley forest; mostly on thin, wet soil over rocks, in open areas.

Other:

Specimen Notes: [Specimen located at US (barcode 00749178), and data courtesy of the Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Identifiers:

GUID: b9bf099a-36e8-4222-8b52-df455bbafcb3

Map:

Coordinates: (3.16667, -65.5167)

Distribution:

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