Licania Aubl.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Licania Aubl. det D. Santamaría-Aguilar, 2021

    Compsoneura atopa (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm., cf., det M. Montesdeoca, 1996
    Note: orig. det Virola sebifera vel. aff., det. H. Beck, 96.

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    Awá Indigenous Territory. Community of Mataje

  • Elevation

    Alt. 225 m. (738 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    1.25, -78.67

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Plants of Ecuador
y	MYRISTICACEAE
Virora s^ifera Aubl.
det: H. T. Beck, 1996
ECUADOR. Esmeraldas Province. Awa Indigenous Territory.
Community of Mataje. Lowland pluvial rainforest. 01°15'N, 78°40'W. 225 m.
Tree to 10m; trunk muscled; exudate watery, clear.
00201550
NV: Ambure [Awapit] (Inf. Gonzalo Cantincuz)
USES: Material for construction {wood}. Used in building houses,
BOTANICAL
SvQarde»*/
A. Ortiz 41, with Gonzalo Cantincuz, Lorencio	11-
Cantincuz, Hernando Garcia
Fieldwork supported by U. S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and
Metropolitan Life Foundation
00201550