Protium crassipetalum Cuatrec.

  • Filed As

    Burseraceae
    Protium crassipetalum Cuatrec.

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 5129 with H. Pacaya, 23 Apr 1987

  • Location

    Peru. Loreto. Requena Prov. Centro de Investigaciones Jenaro Herraro. East of Arboretum.

  • Habitat

    Terra firme moist forest, disturbed by strip-planting by foresters.

  • Description

    Tree 14m, no buttresses, very little clear resin produced when trunk cut. Flowers pendent, few open on each inflorescence. Petals green without, greenish-white within. Flowers 3-, 4-, of 5-merous.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Many buds infested with a single, bright orange larva which has eaten interior of flower. Flowers visited by very small flying insects (not identified), also by black trigonid bees which attack human visitors.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1274593

    Occurrence ID: 29d53956-6b43-422d-8309-d979cab99965

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Loreto

  • County/Municipio

    Requena Prov.

  • Locality

    Centro de Investigaciones Jenaro Herraro. East of Arboretum.

  • Coordinates

    -4.92, -73.75

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