Manihot caerulescens Pohl subsp. caerulescens

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Manihot caerulescens Pohl subsp. caerulescens

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 18918 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos, R. S. Pinheiro, 22 Feb 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Serra do Açuruá. 12 km E. of Gentio do Ouro on road to Boa Vista and Ibipeba.

  • Habitat

    Caatinga.

  • Description

    Tree to 4m. with creamy-yellow latex, with smooth rather dark grey-brown trunk, and a few spreading branches. Leaves coriaceous, dark green above, glaucous beneath. Petiole crimson. Fruit green with slight glaucous bloom. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 640360

    Occurrence ID: c2715cba-a56f-4023-b382-19fd9d361f8f

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • Locality

    Serra do Açuruá. 12 km E. of Gentio do Ouro on road to Boa Vista and Ibipeba

  • Elevation

    Alt. 500 - 700 m. (1640 - 2297 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -11.4, -42.4

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12km. 2. of &entio do Ouro on road to Boa
Vista and Ibipeba. Caatinga.
Approx. 42°2Zf,»"y 11°%SS. Alt. 500-700m.
Tree to 4m. with creamy-yellow latex, with
smooth rather dark grey-brown trunk, and few
spreading branches. Leaves coriaceous, dark
green above, glaucous beneath. Petiole
crimson. Fruit green with slight glaucous
bloom.
22 February 1977 R M Harley	18918
EX HERBARIO KEWENSI
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Field work sponsored bv the Roval Botanic Cardens. Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias. and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna. Bahia. January-April, 19??-.
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