Clusia rosea Jacq.

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det. Bro. Alain Liogier DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Independencia
No.646	Clusia rosea Jacq. 10 August 1967
Exposed hemiepiphyte, 10-12 m. tall, roots clasping
trunk of dead host tree. Young plants on limestone
cliffs. Buds deep pink grading to white. Petals
white with rose-pink cross-band, quickly withering.
Flower 7-8 cm. diam., not notably fragrant. Fruits
green, ca. 6 cm. diam., Copious yellow latex. Femafe
locally abundant here, but noTmales seen.
Along road. Dry limestone Dills above Los Pinos. Elev. ca. 700 m.
Gerald J. Gastony, Gayle C. Jones, and Daniel H. Norris
Collected under auspices of Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, New York Botanical Garden, and Smithsonian Institution, with collaboration of Dr. E. de Js. Marcano F., Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.<<<OCR