Hura crepitans L.

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF GUYANE FRANÇAISE
No. 2106	Euphorbiaceae
Hura crepitans Linn,
SaUl: Monts La Fumée, 3°37% 53°12»W.
Tropical Moist Forest. Elev. 200-U00 m.
Voucher for ecological study: Tree No. 1+59 •
Tree b7 m x 150 cm; simple, rounded buttresses
(100 cm high x 150 cm wide x 25 cm thick);
trunk cylindrical; outer bark smooth, lenti-
cellate, light brownish; inner bark cream w/
orange mottles, fibrous, 15 mm; exudate
whitish, frothy, caustic.
B. Boom & S. Mori	15 Oct 1982
Field work supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office dc la Recherche'Scieniifk|uc
et Technique Outre Mer.
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