Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Tarija

• County/Municipio

  Gran Chaco Prov.

• Locality

  33.5 km (by highway) and 33 km (air) SE of Villa Montes on new highway to Isibobo and Paraguay, measuring from the intersection in Villa Montes of the Boyuibe - Yacuiba highway

• Elevation

  Alt. 350 m. (1148 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -21.3686, -63.1639

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Apocynaceae Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart.
det. M. Nee, 2008
Depto. Tarija, Prov. Gran Chaco, 33.5 km (by highway) and
33 km (air) SE of Villa Montes on new highway to Isibobo and
Paraguay, measuring from the intersection in Villa Montes of
the Boyuibe-Yacuiba highway, at base of small hill ca. 25 m.
high, the western edge of the range of hills forming the
greatest topography in the region. Ca. 5.5 km N of Rio
Pilcomayo.
21°22’07”S, 63°09’50”W. alt. 350 m.
Chaco forest with Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, A.
pyrifolium, Pseudobombax marginatum, Caesalpinia
paraguariensis, Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Schinopsis
lorentzii, Castela coccinea, Capparis salicifolia, C. speciosa,
C. tweediana, Ruprechtia triflora, R. apetala.
Tree 12 m. tall, 20 cm. in diameter; bark finely furrowed.
Common tree but apparently with few fruit, these olive green
and very difficult to distinguish from the leaves from a
distance.
Coll.: M. Nee & R. Flores S. 54805
20 March 2007
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