Mouriri grandiflora DC.

8A
SURINAME
MELASTOMATACEAE
Mouriri grand iflora DC.
det. R. Liesner (MO), 1995
Sipaliwini
N side of Kuruni Island, E of trail
from airstrip to N branch of Kuruni
River around island, ca. 30 airline km
E of confluence on Corantijn River.
03°ee,lS,,N 57°E0 1 36 "W	180 m
Slightly disturbed primary lowland
moist forest (some larger trees
removed over much of island during
construction of airstrip ca. 30 years
ago). Tree, 12 m tall; flowers with
calyx greenish-yellow; corolla white.
20 November 1994
Randy Evans, George Lewis,
Edgar Klass & Marian Wegman 198E
Field work supported by NIH, NSF & USAID
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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