Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana

MELASTOMAT ACEAE
Ac i o t i s purpurasceni
(Aub1. f Tr ian;
Det. Alina Freire Fierro, 1998
Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium (MO)
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
FLORA SURINAMENStS
ex Herbs AoaA R&te6'*TiA
Aciotis .purpuraseens fAub 1.1 Triana
var. frag 11 is (Rich. ex. DC.) Mathies
& McDaniel in ed.
DET. PETER S. MATHIES July 1981
botanical.
Ac lot i S	ttj ( /Tfsjj, ) C&y if ,
(^yU/
Nab. : Libanonweg s. of Paramaribo* Thicket by
clearing in sec* woods on sand. Herbaceous* Leaves
thin, delicate, dull, with strong sour taste, dark
green above, beneath, esp* the veins, strongly-
tinged with red. Stem quadrangular, red with green
ridges# Hypanthium light-green, fl* white, the an-
Leg. : 1C U. Kramer it W. H. A. Hekking ^ers ^hite to
pale pink.
d, |U 31-1 1961	No* 2780
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