Filed As:

Lecythidaceae
Lecythis pneumatophora S.A.Mori

All Determinations:

Lecythis pneumatophora S.A.Mori det. S. A. Mori, 2003

Location:

French Guiana. Saut Athanase tourist camp on the Approuague River, ca. 25 km SW of Regina. At margins of camp and on trail to Cascade. Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

Collector(s):

S. A. Mori 25728 with T. A. Lobova & B. Keeley, 16 Nov 2003

Description:

Tree, 30 m x 60 cm. Trunk cylindric to ground. Bark not fissured, the slash reddish. Just past peak flowering. Calyx yellowish-white, petals white, hood white at apex, pink at base and pink between staminodes and staminal ring, filaments white, anthers white with slight hint of yellow at apices; pedicel and hypanthium reddish. Flowers aromatic, at first sniff spicy then smelling like watermelon fide Lobova. Flowers 3 cm in widest dimension. Very young fruits reddish, with white spots. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

On trail to La Cascade at first Euterpe Swamp, less than 300 m from start of trail. Six trees found in 200 m radius. Pneumatophores abundant around each tree. Most trees at edge of wet area.

Feature Notes:

[Photos, DNA].

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00807000
GUID: 0a5aa523-fd1a-4703-8dc0-65b10d521021

Map:

Coordinates: (4.18, -52.32)

Distribution:

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