Sterculia

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Sterculia

  • Collector(s)

    A. Ortiz 321 with Enrique Loachamín, Norberto & Laureano Nastacuaz, Alfonso Garcia, Tobias Pai, 06 Sep 1994

  • Location

    Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Awá Indigenous Territory. Community of La Unión.

  • Habitat

    Pre-montane pluvial cloud forest.

  • Description

    Tree to 18m; trunk muscular; transparent, sticky fluid in twigs; fruit brown, 18x18cm.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    NCI samples: 0CJS1091 (leaf); 0CJS1092 (stem); 0CJS1093 (twig); 0CJS1094 (wood); 0CJS1095 (bark); 0CJS1096 (root wood); 0CJS1097 (root bark)

  • Specimen Notes

    Specimens preserved in alcohol before drying

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01401056

    Occurrence ID: dde7703c-3cd8-4bab-a50f-d5365485f4f7

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Sterculia

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Esmeraldas

  • Locality

    Awá Indigenous Territory. Community of La Unión

  • Elevation

    Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    1, -78.55

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