Erythroxylum amazonicum Peyr.

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PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
No. 1*055	ERYTHROXYLACEAE
Erythroxylum cf. amazonicum Peyr.
Det: T. Plowman 1982
2.5 m whrub, flowers few, greenish, leaves
very shiny, "mata palo" = common name.
Terr. Fed. Amazonas: Open area, secondary,
and patches of primary forest, 0 km to .5 km
Northeast of Northwest end of San Carlos de
Río Negro. l°55fN, 67°5’W, alt. 120 m.
Ronald Liesner	30 November 1977
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto Botánico
(Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables). Field
work supported by NSF (United States) and CONICIT (Venezuela).
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