Hyeronima alchorneoides Allemão

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• Locality

  Central Demerara Compartment, ca. 50 km S of Mabura

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  5.25, -58.75

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF GUYANA
Institute of Systematic Botany, Utrecht (U)
Euphorbiaceae
Hyeronima alchorneoides Allemao var. alchorneoides
Det. M. Polak 1991
05 15N 58 45W	Alt. 0 - 100 m.
Central Demerara Compartment, ca. 50 km S of Mabura.
Mora forest on loamy soil near creek, with Mora excelsa,
Carapa guianensis.
Tree, 30 m tall, diam. above buttresses 0.6 m.
Buttresses 0.8-2.5 x 0.9-2.5(-4) x 0.1-0.2 m. Bark light
grey-brown, cracked, scaly, on buttress rideges fissured
and orange-brown. Cracks irregular, mainly vertical,
1-15 x 0.1-0.3 cm. Scales irregular 1-5(-15) x 1-3 cm,
0.2-0.3 cm thick. Dead bark 2-3 mm thick, dark-brown
with white-brown spots, brittle. Living bark 4-5 mm
thick, dark red outside, more pink-red towards sapwood,
with orange-brown fibres which are best visible near
sapwood. Sapwood light brown, heartwood red-brown (?).
Leaves shiny above. Primary vein prominent on both
sides. Secondary veins sunken above. Fruits 2 mm diam.,
light green.
Separate: fruits in alcohol; slides base, bark, slash.
M. Polak	nr 579
05-12-1991
Fieldwork sponsored by Tropenbos Foundation
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