Piper amalago L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Cordillera Prov.

• Locality

  2.5 km (by road) W of railroad and 3.5 km (by road) W of the Santa Cruz-Abapó highway and San Joaquín, along gravel road to "Pozo PCH X1001", the turnoff 5.5 km S of Basilio

• Elevation

  Alt. 570 m. (1870 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.1772, -63.2131

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Piperaceae Piper amalago L.
det. M. Nee, 2006
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Cordillera, 2.5 km (by road) W of
railroad and 3.5 km (by road) W of the Santa Cruz-Abapó
highway and San Joaquin, along gravel road to “Pozo PCH
XI001”, the turnoff 5.5 km S of Basilio.
18°10.64’S, 63°12.79’W. alt. 570 m.
Chaco forest on gentle slopes on unconsolidated sediments, the
easternmost Andean hills before the plains. With Anadenanthera
macrocarpa, Herrería montevidensis, Trichilia claussenii, Ceiba
speciosa, C. insignis, Bougainvillea stipitata, Pogonopus
tubulosus and the columnar cacti Cereus dayami and C.
comarapanus. Many Bignoniaceae vines (e.g. Perianthomega
vellozii, Tynanthus) with green fruit, but only one blooming, no.
53132 Parabignonia chodatii. Many of the vines and shrubs
appear to already be water-stressed.
Shrub 2.5 m. tall. Spikes erect.
Coll.: M. Nee 53137	24 May 2005
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