Mouriri grandiflora DC.

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas,
Caracas, Venezuela &
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA
Melastomat.
Mouriri grandiflora DC.
VENEZUELA, Territorio Federal Amazonas.
San Carlos de Rio Negro, ca. 20 km S of confluence of Rio Negro
and Brazo Casiquiare; lat. 1°56'N, long. 67°03'W; altitude 119 nr
(average rainfall 3400-3600 mm/year).
Near Manare, along Rio Negro, ±28 km S of San Carlos.
Small tree, 5m high. Fruit deep orange, white
pulp edible (tasty!), sweet, semi-liquid; seeds
maroon-red.	[n.v.: dawicü hoja grùesa (PM)].
Howard L. Clark 7933	22 April 1981
& Pedro Maquirino
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