Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
COSTA RICA
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03986847
FABACEAE/MIM.
Pithecellobium
Det.
dup.=34
BOTANICAL
New York Botanical Garden
Pollen, aporo or leaf sample removed
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Balizia elegans (Ducke) Barneby & Grimes
det. Barneby & Grimes, 1991
LIMON: Cordillera Volcánica Central
Lower edge of reserve, along Braulio
Carrillo highway, on steep hills rising
immediately from Río Sucio flood plain;
Finca of Mora family.
10* 02.5 * N 84 ° 00.5 * W 250 m
Tree 45 m tall; trunk more or less
smooth, pale orange; calyx green with
brown scurf, corolla white; anthers
white in lower half, green in upper;
flowers with slightly fruity fragrance.
This is one of the most majestic
trees of the region.
Barry Hammel 173 1 9	23 April 1989
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA (CR)
JUNTO CON MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDBN (HO)
03986847