Licania Aubl.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Licania Aubl. det D. Santamaría-Aguilar, 2021

    Compsoneura atopa (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm., cf., det M. Montesdeoca, 1996
    Note: orig. det Virola sebifera vel. aff., det. H. Beck, 96.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    Awá Indigenous Territory. Community of Mataje

  • Elevation

    Alt. 225 m. (738 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    1.25, -78.67

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Plants of Ecuador
MYRISTICACEAE
Virola sebifera Aubl.
det: H. T. Beck, 1996
ECUADOR. Esmeraldas Province. Aw£ Indigenous Territory.
Community of Mataje. Lowland pluvial rainforest. 01°15'N, 78°40'W. 225 m
Tree to 10m; trunk muscled; exudate watery, clear.
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NV: Ambure [Awapit] (Inf. Gonzalo Cantincuz)
USES: Material for construction {wood}. Used in building houses.
BOTANICAL
A. Ortiz 41, with Gonzalo Cantincuz, Lorencio
Cantincuz, Hernando Garcia
HEPORT ANY REJDENTIFICATION OF THIS VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
Fieldwork supported by U. S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and
Metropolitan Life Foundation
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