Protium ecuadorense Benoist

  • Filed As

    Burseraceae
    Protium ecuadorense Benoist

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 5184 with P. Acevedo R., 12 May 1987

  • Location

    Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Lita. Río Lita and tributaries, ca. 117 km NW of Ibarra, ca. 12 km WNW of Lita.

  • Habitat

    Terra firme moist forest on very steep, rocky terrain. Understory rich in herbs, trees with heavy load of epiphytes and vines. Locally dominant on slope forest.

  • Description

    Tree 20m x 18cm, no buttresses, bark gray, thin, relatively smooth, resin drying as a white powdery solid. Fruits gray, lenticellate, essentially globose to depressed-ovoid.

  • Specimen Notes

    See fruit collection: NY barcode 1274991.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1274990

    Occurrence ID: bb57f348-6f3e-4774-b5fe-5b6b012cfb9b

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    Lita. Río Lita and tributaries, ca. 117 km NW of Ibarra, ca. 12 km WNW of Lita

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.87, -78.48

  • Location Notes

    Affluente of Río Mira.

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