Eschweilera alata A.C.Sm.

Filed As

Lecythidaceae
Eschweilera alata A.C.Sm.

Collector(s)

M. Polak 501 with P. J. M. Maas, H. Rypkema, S. Roberts, 05 Nov 1991

Location

Guyana. Waraputa Compartment, ca 25km S of Mabura.

Habitat

Mixed forest. with Ocotea canaliculata, Dipteryx so., Licania alba, Chlorocardium rodiei, Swartzia leiocalycina. brown sand.

Description

Tree, 25m tall, dbh 40cm. Base swollen, with 1 buttress opposite leaning direction of 0.5 c 0.5 x 0.1m. Bark dark brown, smooth, somewhat flaky, lenticellate, with flake marks. Flakes vertical, elongate, 5-20(-50) x 2.4 x 0.1-0.2cm. Lenticels round, 0.5-1.5mm diam., densely arranged in patches. Dead bark 0.1mm thick, dark brown. Living bark red-pink, with a green layer of ca. 0.5mm just below dead bark, very fibrous, 2-3mm thick. Sapwood light brown. Leaves somewhat shiny above. Pedicels and calyx red-green; corolls light yellow, tinged reddish. Seperate: wood, slides bark, slash.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00682425

Occurrence ID: dae9ff46-d9f8-4e17-96f8-64c7adf5d837

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