Common Names:

bird fruit

Location:

Guyana. CI concession. Himara Creek. Alt. 130 m. (427 ft.)

Collector(s):

K. M. Redden 6018 with K. Wurdack, A. Rodriguez, C. Perry, P. Ragnauth, H. James, H. Simon, 14 Sep 2008

Description:

Shrub. Shrub 1.5 m tall. Infructescence terminal. Fruits green turning purple. Entire plant covered in yellow trichomes. Leaf base asymmetrical. Silver-beaked tanager eats fruits.

Habitat:

Swampy forest. Palm, Annonaceae, Violaceae dominant. Mixed sand.

Feature Notes:

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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: fa47145b-0bf4-475f-9c6c-f04906dddc04

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (3.36667, -58.1833)

Distribution:

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