Pouteria speciosa (Ducke) Baehni

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF FRENCH GUIANA
18685
Saul, 3°37'N, 53°12'W. Grand Boeuf Mort Trail.
250-350 m alt. Non-flooded moist forest.
Ca.
The New York Botanical Garden
M18685
Pouteria speciosa (Ducke) Baehni
Det. T. D. Pennington, 1988^ im
Tree, 40 m x 110 cm. Bole nearly cylindric. Bark
with pronounced dipple marks toward base. Outer bark
2-3 mm thick; inner bark 40 mm thick, dirty orange.
Corollas from ground, base creamish-white, apex green.
Only buds seen on tree. May bloom at night.
S.A. Mori, C. A. Grade,
A.	E. Hartley and M. Kennedy
9 August 1987
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