Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm.

Filed As

Lecythidaceae
Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm.

Collector(s)

S. A. Mori 25634 with P. Maceda & F. Espinoza, 31 Jul 2003

Location

Peru. Madre de Dios. Los Amigos field station, on the Madre de Dios River near mouth of the Los Amigos River. Plataforma Trail.

Description

Tree, 40 m x 120 cm above buttresses. Buttresses well-developed, to 2 m tall x 55 cm wide. Bark shallowly but conspicuously vertically fissured, the slash with outer bark 5 mm thick, the inner bark 10 mm thick, reddish. Leaves discolor, the adaxial surface dark green, the abaxial surface light green. With distinctive longitudinal lines on leaf blade caused by enrolled vernation. Scarlet macaws in tree opening fruits to eat seed, most of fruits fall to ground without being eaten. Near 1150 meters on Plataforma Trail, ca. 20 m E from trail at this point. [Photos, DNA, Separate fruits]. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

Specimen Notes

[See fruit collection, NY barcode 00695502]

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00695501

Occurrence ID: 4fab3c9f-cd77-4527-af5e-481a89a77825

Laboratory Collections

DNA Aliquots, 01287615, S. A. Mori 25634, Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm. - Accepted : Lecythidaceae (245.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

Tissue Samples, 01277167, S. A. Mori 25634, Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm. - Accepted : Lecythidaceae (245.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

Related Objects

Specimen - 00695502, S. A. Mori 25634, Couratari macrosperma A.C.Sm., Lecythidaceae (245.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Peru, Madre de Dios

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