Filed As:

Opiliaceae
Agonandra brasiliensis Miers ex Benth. & Hook.f.

All Determinations:

Agonandra brasiliensis Miers ex Benth. & Hook.f. det. M. H. Nee, 1997

Location:

Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Andrés Ibáñez Prov. Vic. Estancia Maguey, 7 km NNW of Ayacucho [=Porongo] on road to Terevinto, 17 km (by air) west of center of Santa Cruz. Alt. 475 m. (1558 ft.)

Collector(s):

M. H. Nee 47040 with M. Saldias P., 25 Aug 1996

Description:

Tree 8 m. tall, 15 cm. in diameter, with distinctive and striking very prominently ridged pale corky bark on all the stems to the smaller twigs. Buds only. Mario Saldias has collected this same tree on a different occasion. Buds and flushing leaves yellow-green. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

Habitat:

Rolling to hilly terrain on leached sandy and clay sediments. Deciduous woodland with some savanna species, "cerrado" vegetation, with Attalea phalerata [Scheelea princeps], Astronium, Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Dilodendron bipinnatum, Tabebuia aurea, T. roseo-alba, Curatella americana.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 164670
GUID: a33ece3f-f5fa-4cd9-98a8-505189a688c8

Map:

Coordinates: (-17.8, -63.3417)

Distribution:

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