Duguetia flagellaris Huber

Filed As

Annonaceae
Duguetia flagellaris Huber

Collector(s)

B. W. Nelson 845 with S. R. Lowrie, B. Lowy, M. V. Morreira & C. A. Cid Ferreira, 04 Nov 1980

Location

Brazil. Acre. Brasiléia Mun. On Brasiléia-Assis Brasil road, km 22.

Habitat

Primary rainforest disturbed by seringueiro activity. Canopy fairly high, open. Tree abundant in local area. Dry, sandy soil.

Description

treelet. Tree 3m x 4.5 cm dbh. Flowers borne on adventitious root-like process arising on the trunk and growing down into and across forest floor beneath litter. Flowers borne beneath litter. All perianth whorl purple, outermost somewhat brown; fruits yellow orange, also borne beneath litter on forest floor. The flower bearing "rhizoids" may be up to 4 m long. Wood with a pungent myristicacious smell, somewhat like coriander seeds. Wood sample taken Flowers in alcohol S. R. Lowrie took photographs if the flowers, fruits and roots. Phenology of specimen: Fruit, Flower.

Specimen Notes

cited also from R, U, UB

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 865554

Occurrence ID: 8859a2e0-227b-4e2a-8e7c-2a35b024ddf3

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