Talauma boliviana M.Nee

The New York Botanical Garden
Paratype Talauma boliviana M. Nee,
Brittonia 46: 265. 1994.	- a
SA
0V) det. M. Nee, 1994	113
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Talauma
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Ichilo, Parque
Nacional Amboro, slopes above Quebrada
Yapoje, upstream from confluence with the
Rio Saguayo.
17°34'S, 63°44!W. alt. 400 m.
Tropical evergreen forest, nearly
undisturbed, with some selective logging
of Swietenia macrophylla in the past.
"sinini de la selva" ["sinini" in the Santa
Cruz region is Annona muricata] Large tree,
25 m. tall, 75 cm. in diameter, with
butresses to 1.5 m. high; trunk smooth but
with horizontal leaf scars visible
throughout. Only fallen flowers; cut buds
with aromatic odor; petals pale creamy
yellow-green. Some old rotten fruits, the
outside irregularly splitting and separating
from the' core during drying; fruit not eaten.
Coll.: M. Nee 38097
12 Dec. 1989
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