Qualea ingens Warm.

  • Filed As

    Vochysiaceae
    Qualea ingens Warm.

  • Collector(s)

    P. W. Richards 6535, 29 Jul 1968

  • Location

    Brazil. Mato Grosso. Base Camp.

  • Habitat

    By stream in gallery forest.

  • Description

    Tree 20-22 m. high. Petal bright gentain blue with small darker blue spots on either side of a median white stripe which darkens to reddish brown as flower fades. Visited by bees and humming birds, sweetly scented. Sepals and spur dark bluish purple. Bark light greyish brown, c. 1.5 cm. thick, rough and scaling below longitudinally fissured above. Wood orange brown with whitish efflorescence at surface of wood. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00923374

    Occurrence ID: 8d18254e-209d-4b1f-9886-903c6cf97c27

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Vochysiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Qualea ingens Warm.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Mato Grosso

  • Locality

    Base Camp.

  • Coordinates

    -12.82, -51.77

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