Sapium

SA
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Sapium
DEPTO. Santa Cruz, Prov. Vallegrande, 2.6 km (by old
portion of road) N of center of Muyurina, along highway from
Mataral to Vallegrande, along now dry Río La Ciénega, near
the bridge.
64WSn?l alt. 1655 m.
Broad valley bottom, with a few pools of water. Grazed, arid
scrub with Harrisia tetracantha, Opuntia, Cleistocactus,
Prosopis alba, P. kuntzei, Ephedra triandra, Achatocarpus.
Willow-like small tree 9 m. tall, 15 cm. in diameter; younger
plants here are more abundantly leafy and with larger leaves;
sap milky. Inflorescences yellow-green, visited by Apis
mellifera (11:20 A.M., sunny).
Coll.: M. Nee & M. Mendoza
No. 56615
4 Nov. 2009
04415607