Brosimum lactescens (S.Moore) C.C.Berg

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and (Moraceae): With introductions to the family and and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83: 1-346. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Brosimum lactescens (S.Moore) C.C.Berg

  • Discussion

    In some Ecuadorian collections, including Palacios et al 3367, the peltate bracts of the pistillate inflorescence are ± impressed and surrounded by a low rim.

  • Distribution

    In Central America from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, and in South America east of the Andes in the Amazon Basin, the Guiana region, northwestern Venezuela, and eastern Brazil from Bahia to Santa Catarina; in non-inundated forest; to 1200 m; regionally frequent.

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