Otoba parvifolia (Markgr.) A.H.Gentry

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Myristicaceae
Otoba parvifolia (Mgf.) A. Gentry?
det. M. Nee, 1991
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Ichilo, Parque Nacional
Ambor6, along Quebrada YapojS and Quebrada
Esperanza, 2 km. upstream from confluence with Rio
Saguayo. Tropical evergreen forest with Iriartea
exorrhiza, Scheelea princeps, steep slopes on poorly
consolidated reddish Tertiary sandstone and
mudstone, easternmost Andean foothills.
17°35’S, 63°45’W. alt. 375 m.
Small tree 5 m. tall, 15 cm. in diameter. Leaves
glaucous beneath. Inflorescence erect,
yellow-green, buds only.
Coll.: M. Nee 40945
12 June 1991
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