Blakea penduliflora Almeda

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Heredia

• Locality

  Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo, Sector Volcan Barva. Along path to Laguna Barva.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2650 m. (8694 ft.)

• Coordinates

  10.1236, -84.1172

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84/NAD83

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

PLANTS OF COSTA RICA
< Me lasto mataceae>
Blakea nendul¡flora Almeda
det. D. S. Penneys, 23 Aug. 2005
Prov. Heredia: Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo, Sector
Volcan Barva. Along path to Laguna Barva. Elev. 2650m.
Terrestrial shrub to ca. 3m. Youngest buds covered in
dense, brown indûment. As peduncles elongate, the buds
become pendant. Flowers and fruit on sinuous, erect
peduncles. Peduncles in flower ca. half the length of
fruiting peduncles, probably to make access easier for
rodents and birds in turn, the floral bracts also nearly
doubling in size in fruit. Floral bracts and corolla green.
Mature fruit red, large, the very juicy and pulpy matrix with
relatively few, red seeds. Frequent.
Lat. 10 07.42N Long. 84 07.04W Datum: WGS 84.
coll. Darin S. Penneys # 1782	23 Aug. 2005
with Bryn ne Rivlin
Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.
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