Filed As:

Melastomataceae
Clidemia urceolata DC.

All Determinations:

Clidemia urceolata DC. det. E. M. Woodgyer, 2007

Location:

Guyana. Upper Mazaruni District, adjacent to eastern side of Eboropu Mountain, 2 ¼ miles upstream on Saydak Creek from its junction with the Kako river. Alt. 470m. (1542 ft.)

Collector(s):

P. J. Edwards 1365 with , 19 Apr 1979

Description:

Small shrub 6' high, spreading. Leaves very viscid, olive-green & slightly shiny adaxially, grey-green & matt abaxially. Calyx tube pale green with carmine hairs, segments carmine with small apical pale green patch. Petals white. berries very dark purple or black. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Alluvial flood plane rain forest with levée. Trees to 40 m. high (including a damanged emergent truncated at 40 m). Included were Mara gongrijpii, Eperua jenmanii, Lecythis & Eschweilera spp. Shrub layer including Miconia, Tococa, Psychotria & Duguetia spp. Field vegetation (to 2 m. high) sparse to moderate, inlcuding Diplazia karatifolia, Trichomanes pinnatum & Ischnosiphon, Olyra longifolia common on waterside. Seedling & supling trees abundent, to 75/sp. m., especially on levée.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 01796234
GUID: acbf1035-4685-4d08-8f44-32402c11297f

Map:

Coordinates: (5.6917, -60.675)

Distribution:

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