Trichilia stellatotomentosa Kuntze

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Plants of BOLIVIA
Meliaceae Trichilia stellatotomentosa Kuntze
det. M. Nee, 2011
DEPTO. SANTA cruz, Prov. Ñuflo de Chávez, 10.75 km
(by air) S of center of San Julián, 2.3 km NW of junction
with main highway from San Ramón to Los Troncos.
17°00’19”S, 62°37’05”W. alt. 250 m.
Sparse vegetation of roadside and fencerow, surrounded by
completely cleared crop fields or pastures partially cleared
from dry forest (almost chaco forest). Rains are late this
year and plants are very stressed, especially the ditch with
Polygonum hispidum, Eurolepis hecatanthum, Baccharis
(no. 58911).
Densely branched shrub 1.8 m. tall. Flowers creamy.
Compare for the other extreme of leaf size and lack of
folding under of the leaflets of the same species collected 30
Dec. 2011 under no. 58885, E of Ascención de Guarayos, in
a zone wetter at this time of year and in partial shade.
Coll.: M. Nee 58905
31 Dec. 2011
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