Couratari gloriosa Sandwith

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Couratari gloriosa Sandwith

  • Collector(s)

    M. Polak 320, 06 Mar 1991

  • Location

    French Guiana. Near Tropenbos Ecological Reserve, ca. 20km S of Mabura Hill.

  • Habitat

    Below parent tree. In Mora elxcelsa forest with Pterocarpus officinalis, Macrolobium sp.

  • Description

    Seedlings, to 15cm high. Plants light green. Stem flattened, 4-6mm wide, 1-2(-3) mm thick, triangular in cross-section, usually constricted at 2.5-4 cm below the leaves, narrower and slightly winged above that point. Leaves spreading. Veins sunken above, prominent below.

  • Specimen Notes

    Flora of Guyana - Institute of Systematic Botany, Utrecht (U). Seperate: old fruits, slides (U)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 680930

    Occurrence ID: 98065426-5a47-43cd-a245-6062d9f622b3

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Lecythidaceae

  • All Determinations

    Couratari gloriosa Sandwith det M. Polak, 1991

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    French Guiana

  • Locality

    Near Tropenbos Ecological Reserve, ca. 20km S of Mabura Hill

  • Elevation

    Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

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