Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur

EU PH ORB IACEAE	6202
Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur
Det. G. Webster# 1980
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
FLORA DE NICARAGUA
Missouri Botanical Garden
In cooperation wlth Universidad Centroamericana
No. 6202	29 Jan. 1978
Family:
Cnidoscolus
Departments de LEON: along road
generally SE from Hwy 32 near Puerto
Somoza, ca. 11.1 km from Hwy and ca.
0.5 km N of Playa Hermosa entrance;
ca. 12°06'N, 86°43,W, elev. ca. 30 m;
disturbed low deciduous forest on rocky
hill.
Low fleshy shrub, with milky sap,
corolla white, fruits green with
white stripes.
Collected by:
Warren Douglas Stevens, B. A. Krukoff Curator of Central American Botany
Vidi
F. J. Fernández Casas (ex MA, sed nunc in MO), 06-IX-2001
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