Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia capitata Benth.

All Determinations:

Clidemia capitata Benth. det. F. Almeda, May 2005

Location:

Guyana. Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Pakaraima Mountains; Karowrieng River; 0.5-1 km SE of Maipuri Falls, trail to rock drawings. Alt. 625 - 650 m. (2051 - 2133 ft.)

Collector(s):

B. Hoffman 3026 with T. Henkel, H. Kennedy, 15 Oct 1992

Description:

Shrub. Shrub 1.5 m; stems and leaves with crimson red hairs; fruit blue violet. Corolla greenish white suffused with faint pink; anthers white; filaments light green.

Habitat:

Sandstone table rock scrub, gallery forest borders. Locality with Malpighiaceae, Fabaceae, Moraceae, Clusiaceae.

Other:

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

Identifiers:

GUID: a5a21d99-2631-4834-9656-89618411873e

Map:

Coordinates: (5.66667, -60.2167)

Distribution:

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