Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Axinaea sclerophylla Triana

Location:

Ecuador. Loja. Loja; track from Universidad Nacional to Uritusinga, km 10.5. Alt. 2900m. (9514 ft.)

Collector(s):

G. P. Lewis 3511 with , 22 Aug 1997

Description:

Tree, 4m x 25 cm diam., bark greyish white, leaves bullate, coriaceous, discolorous, dark green dull above, mid-green with a rusty indumentum below, main veins with a pinkish red tinge; thick fleshy calyces green tinged red with mid-green blotches on the lobes, petals fleshy-waxy, pale pink with white margins, early caducous, filaments blood-red, anthers ochre-brown with a red spur, style white.

Habitat:

Bosque remnant in fence-line.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 2424015
GUID: a7b4f584-08a6-4b9f-a4d7-602af0684f10

Map:

Coordinates: (-4, -79.2)

Distribution:

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