Filed As:

Burseraceae
Protium ecuadorense Benoist

Location:

Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Lita. Río Lita and tributaries, ca. 117 km NW of Ibarra, ca. 12 km WNW of Lita. Alt. 600 m. (1968 ft.)

Collector(s):

D. C. Daly 5184 with P. Acevedo R., 12 May 1987

Description:

Tree 20m x 18cm, no buttresses, bark gray, thin, relatively smooth, resin drying as a white powdery solid. Fruits gray, lenticellate, essentially globose to depressed-ovoid.

Habitat:

Terra firme moist forest on very steep, rocky terrain. Understory rich in herbs, trees with heavy load of epiphytes and vines. Locally dominant on slope forest.

Other:

Specimen Notes: See fruit collection: NY barcode 1274991.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1274990
GUID: bb57f348-6f3e-4774-b5fe-5b6b012cfb9b

Map:

Coordinates: (0.87, -78.48)

Distribution:

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