Vismia Vand.

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Plants of the Guiana Shield
Clusiaceae
Vismia
Guyana, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Miners Camp below Aruwai Falls near
topside Peaima.
6° 22' 30"N, 60° 34' 48" W Elev. 120 m.
Disturbed clearing with weedy herbs on river abutting forest.
Rocks, gravel, and brown sandy soil. Some cultivated plants:
Musa, Mangifera, Persea, Citrus. Tree to 3 m tall. Leaves
coriaceous, green with red midrib above, cream-green with brown
tomentose on veins below. Orange latex present in all plant parts.
8 October 2006
K. M. Redden, C. Perry, P. Benjamin, D. Singh, C. Wilkie and C.
E. Hinchliff 5064
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
US National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution
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