Tibouchina aspera Aubl.

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(Randall J, Evans 2428)
M E L ASTOM AT AC E A E
Tihouchina aspera Aubl ,
[223]
SURINAME
MELASTOMATACEAE
T ibouch ina aspera Aubl.
Para
Wit-santi (white sand area), ca. 0.5
km SE of Zanderij Hwy., ca. 1.5 km NE
of town of Zanderij, ca. 0.5 km N of
Johan Adolph Pengel Airport.
05°27'30"N 55°li'30"W	10 m
Edge between white sand shrubby
savanna and disturbed primary forest.
Shrub, growing in clumps, 1-3 m tall,
common; only a few flowers present,
mostly old fruits; flowers with calyx
pink, corolla violet, filaments very
Randy Evans & Sylva Koemar 2428
Field work supported by NIH, NSF & USAID
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
light pale violet, almost white,
anthers pink, style deep pink; fruits
dry brown.
17 October 1995
Randy Evans & Sylva Koemar 2428
Field work supported by NIH, NSF & USAID
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM <MO>
02697467