Geissospermum reticulatum A.H.Gentry

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Geissospermum reticulatum A.H.Gentry

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 34470

  • Location

    Brazil. Rondônia. Costa Marques Mun. 16 km NW of Costa Marques on hwy BR 429, then 7 km W, ca. 15 km by air NW of Costa Marques.

  • Habitat

    Medium tall tropical evergreen forest, flat, somewhat sandy.

  • Description

    Tree 20 m. tall, 30 cm. in diam.; bark tan, shallowly flaking; trunk deeply fluted and anastomosing, with some holes completely through. sap milky. Fruit yellow-green, 1 or 2 together.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01174003

    Occurrence ID: a262586a-612a-4568-ba6a-ca2fe10de559

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Rondônia

  • County/Municipio

    Costa Marques Mun.

  • Locality

    16 km NW of Costa Marques on hwy BR 429, then 7 km W, ca. 15 km by air NW of Costa Marques.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 150 m. (492 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -12.33, -64.3

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of Brazil. Rondonia
APOCYNACKAE
Geissospermum reticulatum A. Gentry
Det. A. Leeuwenberg, 1989
Medium tall tropical evergreen forest. Flat, soil
somewhat sandy. Mun. Costa Marques, 2 km. W of Rio
Cautarinho, along hwy. BR 429.
12°04’S, 63°28'W; elevation: 200 m.
Tree 20 m. tall, 30 cm. in diam.; bark tan, shal-
lowly flaking; trunk deeply fluted and anastamosing,
with some holes completely through; this seems to be
the tree used for telephone poles in Ariquemes. Sap
milky. Fruit yellow-green, 1 or 2 together.
Coll.: M. Nee 34470	March 24, 1987
Fieldwork Supported by The National Science Foundation and the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolviioento Científico e Tecnológico
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