Forsteronia glabrescens Müll.Arg.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Forsteronia glabrescens Müll.Arg.

  • Collector(s)

    T. Morong 712, May 1889

  • Location

    Paraguay. Asunción. Central Paraguay. Pilcomayo River, near Asunción.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2023.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4186073

    Occurrence ID: 6f30354a-a00d-4a10-a448-f6a71aca76e1

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Paraguay

  • State/Province

    Asunción

  • Locality

    Central Paraguay. Pilcomayo River, near Asunción

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

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Forsteronia Brasiliensis, A. D.C., Prod., viii, 436.
Asuncion (712) j Pilcomayo River (1525). February-May.
i == Balansa 1369.
A liana-climbing without tendrils over bushes and trees, the main
I trunk somewhat spiny, the branches long and withe-like. Flowers
! small, light yellow, in terminal spikes. Follicles twin, united at
base, divaricate, cylindrical, 10-20?cm. long, moniliform, 2-5 in a
cluster. Seeds far apart, 8—15 in a follicle, elliptical, about 1 cm.
in lengthy striate® with a beautiful, tawny silky plume 'of hair^fet
the summit, which spreads wide open when loosened. Juice'not
milky. Foun<J in Central Paraguay, and far up on the Pilcomayo.
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PLANTS OR SOUTH AMERICA.
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
Central Paraguay.
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