Filed As:

Caryocaraceae
Caryocar
All Determinations:

Caryocar

Common Names:

piquiarana
Location:

Brazil. Acre. Santa Rosa do Purus Mun. Rio Purus, left bank, Seringal Santa Helena.
Collector(s):

D. C. Daly 10031 with H. Kuchmeister, D. Gomes da Silva, L. Lima & E. Consuelo, 24 Mar 1999
Description:

Tree. Tree 25 m x 55 cm, fruits essentially globose, some fruits slightly squared. Outer bark dark brown, fissured, shed in plates, with lenticels in vertical strips, inner bark thick, brittle, beige. On slope. USE: Seed edible. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
Habitat:

Restinga -- forest on high terrace, level terrain, reportedly regenerating from dominant arborescent bamboo die-back 2-3 years ago.
Identifiers:

GUID: 993534b3-cb13-43bd-b832-7747280e4e95
Map:

Coordinates: (-9.1303, -70.1769)

Distribution:

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