Filed As:

Burseraceae
Protium spruceanum (Benth.) Engl.

All Determinations:

Protium spruceanum (Benth.) Engl. det. D. C. Daly, 1989

Common Names:

breu

Location:

Brazil. Amazonas. Distrito Agropecuário, Reserva 1501 (km 41) of the WWF/INPA MCS Project. Alt. 50 - 125 m. (164 - 410 ft.)

Collector(s):

M. Pacheco 116 with E. Palheta, S. de Souza, 12 Jan 1989

Description:

Tree 25.9cm dbh, 13m tall. Bole compressed. Buttresses steep, planks 0.5m tall. Outer bark hark, lenticellate, dark yellowish-brown. Inner bark hard, plain, reddish-orange, turning dark brown after 5 minutes. Very strong turpene smell. Sapwood yellow-white. Flowers green. Fruits red.

Habitat:

Non-flooded moist forest.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 01188406
GUID: 3809d3a7-afe3-4716-8092-a8fa00074b0f

Map:

Coordinates: (-2.41625, -59.7458)

Distribution:

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