Filed As:

Lecythidaceae
Lecythis confertiflora (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori

All Determinations:

Lecythis confertiflora (A.C.Sm.) S.A.Mori det. M. Polak, 1990
Note: ! S. Mori

Location:

Guyana. Along logging road in Waraputa Compartment, 25 km S of Mabura. Alt. 100m. (328 ft.)

Collector(s):

M. Polak 12 with , 31 Jul 1990

Description:

Tree, 34 m high, dbh 55 cm, unbuttressed. Bark longitudinally fissured, grey-brown, 1 cm thick. Sapwood light brown, with some black vertical streaks, heartwood dark red-brown. Leaves glabrous, primary vein prominent on both sides. Flowers (dark) pink, sweet-scented; sterile stamens with white tip; fertile stamens white in frontpart and yellow in backpart of flower. Fruit light brown, with dark brown rests of sepals, somewhat rough because of numerous lenticels. Fruit wall with red, sticky resin. Seeds (from closed fruit) orange-yellow, conspicuously veined longitudinally, 1 (or 2) per fruit. Funicle white, aril yellow-white, fleshy. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Habitat:

with Dicymbe altsonii [Clump wallaba] and Eperua falcata [Soft wallaba]. On transition from loam to white sand.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Separate: wood (UW 34064); fr.; fl. & seeds in alc.; slides bark + slash, fl. & fr. [U]

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02311560
GUID: f8e8922b-f931-4067-8ee8-3ba1182f7358

Map:

Coordinates: (5.25, -58.75)

Distribution:

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