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INSTITUTO FORESTAL LATINO-AMERICANO
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Plantas recolectadas por F. J. d-d. Fani.:	BRETELER	No: ^ Alt.:	3§22 320 m.
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det. L. J. Gillespie, U.S. National Herbarium, Aug 1990
Hab.: Venezuela. Near the border (—Rio Grande o Toro) between Estado
Bolívar and Territorio Delta Amacuro (ca.. 61° 44’ W., 8° 4’ N.). Low,
primary forest. Fertile soil.
gtlama, at least 30 m long, 20
m high in trae. Woodsample« taken at the baso
and at + 1# m from the basa. Loaves thinly eeráü|
smooth, glossy ana medium green above ,
paler beneath. Fruits mature, quadran g u 1 a r,pal*
green, dull, smooth, If-seeded. Seeds germinating
is the rottern pulp on the forest fleer* Seme
xylem pores of stem exudingp » little eelemrl*#*
slime*
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