Billia rosea (Planch. & Linden) C.Ulloa & P.Jørg.

  • Filed As

    Sapindaceae
    Billia rosea (Planch. & Linden) C.Ulloa & P.Jørg.

  • Collector(s)

    X. Cornejo 8085 with A. Guasti, 21 Jan 2009

  • Location

    Ecuador. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Otongachi.

  • Habitat

    Premontane wet forest, secondary.

  • Description

    Tree ca. 25 m tall, to 1 m dbh. Branches and leaves decussate, 3-foliolate; central foliole to 30 x 20 cm; petioles distally and basally pulvinate. Inflorescence erect panicles; calyx imbricate, light red to reddish-green; petals 4(-5), spathulate, reflexed, white, inserted on a receptacle, ca. 15 x 4 mm, each with a yellow nectar towar the base, that turning red at post anthesis; stamens 6, exserted, ca. 2.5 cm; ovary superior, ca. 2.5 x 1 mm, reddish at post anthesis; style linear, ca. 1 mm. Fruit capsular, pyriform, to 6 cm in diam., brown, 3-dehiscent, containing 3 unilocular seeds. Phenology of specimen: Flower and Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample for DNA studies

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1095722

    Occurrence ID: 988222b8-90e1-4666-bbbe-966152ef7477

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas

  • Locality

    Otongachi

  • Elevation

    Alt. 900 m. (2953 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -0.317817, -78.9561

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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