Schefflera

NEw York Botanical Garden
The Flora of Peru
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(Araliaceae)
Schefflera
Peru: Depto. Amazonas. Road to the south of
Laguna Pomacochas, leading to Florida (on side road
from Ruta 5N at Pomacochas town, c. 32 km N of
Pedro Ruiz Gallo).
S 05° 50' 03.5"; W IT 55' 25.5"; 2451 m elev.
Moderately branched, terrestrial tree, 10 m tall, growing
in remnant patch of forest along roadside. Stems whitish
with brown lenticels; ligules, petioles, and inflorescence
axes covered with dense whitish indument (glabrescent on
petioles); leaflets medium green abóve with sparse,
whitish indument (glabrescent in older leaves), densely
white-pubescent below; buds pale purple-red with dense
indument; flowers pale green, with a brownish-red region
around the disc; fruits turning reddish-purple to darker
purple. DNA, digital images. Duplicates: 4
Gregory M. Plunkett, #4633 November 1, 2018
I Porter P. Lowry II, Sebastián Riva Regalado
Collected as part of a collaborative project of the
I New York Botanical Garden (NY), Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
and the Universidad Nacional Mayor de Sari Marcos (USM),
funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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