Pouteria penicillata Baehni

  • Filed As

    Sapotaceae
    Pouteria penicillata Baehni ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    Forest Dept. British Guiana F675, 8/4/1941

  • Location

    Guyana. Siba Ck.

  • Habitat

    Greenheart forest on a lateritic hill slope.

  • Description

    Tree, 100 feet, 20 inches diam., unbuttressed but somewhat flutted for its length; wood extremely hard; leaves whorled at branch ends, crinkled, supple; flowers densely clustered on the branchlets below the leaves; calyx and corolla pale cream with a greenish tinge; calyx lobed almost to base, smooth; corolla lobes erect, lobed to half way; ovary hairy. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    Sheet 1 of 2, see NY barcode 273653

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 273652

    Occurrence ID: 076ba399-d3b5-4e8c-9ae7-1a840a5b2103

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