Ormosia Jacks.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Ormosia Jacks.

Plants of the Guiana Shield
Fabaceae
Ormosia
Guyana, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Kako River.
5° 38' 16"N, 60° 40' 56" W Elev. 478 m.
Gallery forest, predominantly Mora, Eperua, Rubiaceae,
Myrtaceae, Chrysobalanaceae; white sand mix. Tree to 12m.
Branchlets, underside of leaflets and inflorescence with light
brown trichomes. Inflorescence terminal panicles. Flowers
immature. Old fruits brown, tear-shaped, single-seeded. Seed red
with black hilum scar.
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BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03701868
17 May 2009
K. M. Redden, K. J. Wurdack, C. Perry, E. Zimmerman, D. Hunter,
T. Hunter and V. Roland 6635
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
US National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution
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03701868