Filed As:

Chrysobalanaceae
Licania fuchsii Prance ( holotype )

Location:

Colombia. Chocó. Area of Baudó. On right side of Río Baudó, ca. 13.5 km. upstream of estuary, at trail of section 32 immediately at right bank of Quebeada Carpio. Alt. 12 m. (39 ft.)

Collector(s):

H. P. Fuchs 22036 with I. Zanella & J. H. Torres, 23 Feb 1967

Description:

Tree, ca. 18 m. high; stem ca. 14 m. high; leaves glossy-green on upper, greyish-green on lower surface; flowers small, white; fruits greenish-brown with creamy-yellow mesocarpium. Local name: carbonero. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Relatively low vegetation with e.g. Brosmium and Cecropia. On relatively dry loamy ground above the quebrada.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Two sheets of this Collection Number; Sheet 1 (sterile) is NY 334289 and Sheet 2 (flowering), marked Holotype by G. T. Prance, is NY 335416. See also NY barcode 428401 for isotype

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 335416
GUID: 2d0b9fe4-67e7-4e6e-bdfc-97baf6c20d91

Distribution:

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