Manihot leptophylla Pax & K.Hoffm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Madre de Dios

• Locality

  Explorer's Inn, near the confluence of Rio Tambopata and Rio La Torre, 39 km SW of Puerto Moldonado

• Coordinates

  -12.83, -69.33

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PERU: Madre de Dios
Manihot leptophylla Pax & K. Hoffm.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
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Vine up to 3 m. over other vegetation, with white latex;
flowers greenish turning white; open flower 3-valved,
reddish inside petals; anthers yellow, filaments white;
basal horseshoe-shaped carpels 5, yellow-pink; stamens
(filaments) emerge between horseshoes and within horse-
shoes, the latter are bowed out and longer; fruit green,
spherical.
At 1700 m. along the Main Trail.
Explorer's Inn, near the confluence of Rio Tambopata and
Rio La Torre, 39 km. SW. of Puerto Moldonado, 12° 50' S.
and 69° 20' W.
S. F. Smith, D. A. Bell, J. U. McClammer,
¡Jr., F. 0. Smith, and M. E. Timana # 1426 Jan. 20, 1989
04081640