Micrandra siphonoides Benth.

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PLANTAE VENEZUELANAE
AMAZONAS
No. 9880
Micrandra siphonioides Benth,
Enormous columnar tree, 110 ft. tall, diamater
3.5-4 ft., basally very slightly buttressed.
Latex very thick, white, not abundant, coagu-
lating to good rubber. Flowers fragrant of
burnt cinnamon, yellow. Fruit small. Leaves
chartaceous. Wood white; "heartwood" red,
very ferfegm Piedra de Cocui. Forest around
Richard iPvans ^chultes'Vt Francisco Lopez May 8 , 1948
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