Hura crepitans L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Suriname

• State/Province

  Paramaribo

• Locality

  Bakboord farm and lake property, just within NE corner of Paramaribo city limits, ca. 1 km N of Kwattaweg, ca. ½ km E of Henri Fernandesweg

• Elevation

  Alt. 30 m. (98 ft.)

• Coordinates

  5.85, -55.22

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

det. R. Liesner(MO), 1997
Paramaribo
Bakboord farm and lake property, jus
within NE corner of Paramaribo city
limits, ca. 1 km N of Kwattaweg, ca.
1/£ km E of Henri Fernandesweg.
05°511N 55 0 13 ' W	30 m
Secondary forest patch bordering
fairly recently abandoned pastureland.
Tree, 8-15 m tall, dioecious, common;
trunk and stems with sharp, ca. 1 cm
long spines; stems, leaves, and green
fruit with copious amounts of clear
sap that immediately turns white on
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fiBS FRUIT COLLECTION
exposure to air; male flowers in
spikes, no calyx or corolla, maturing
from base to apex of spike, staminal
column burgundy-colored at maturity;
mature fruits strongly oblate, 6-7 cm
wide x 4 cm thick, becoming hard,
brown, and dry, with carpels
separating and popping open to release
seeds. Vernacular name "Posentrie".
25 November
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