Filed As:

Burseraceae
Protium nitidifolium (Cuatrec.) Daly

Location:

Peru. Loreto. Requena Prov. Basin of Río Ucayali, vicinity of Jenaro Herrera. 2 km NE of Centro de Investigaciones Jenaro Herrera.

Collector(s):

D. C. Daly 5667 with C. M. Peters, H. Pacaya & L. Wilches, 17 Feb 1988

Description:

Tree to 12m, bark gray, thin, smooth, somewhat flaky. Resin cream-colored, but fruits with copious white "latex." Fruits pendent on arching inflorescences. Fruits orange to red without and within, pseudaril white, covering all of pyrene. Endocarp cartilaginous, cotyledons plano-convex.

Habitat:

Slightly disturbed moist forest.

Other:

Specimen Notes: 2 sheets: NY barcodes 1310018 & 1310019.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1310019
GUID: fa841435-be2a-4019-a73c-9c06753ed11e

Map:

Coordinates: (-4.92, -73.75)

Distribution:

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