Eschweilera congestiflora (Benoist) Eyma

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Eschweilera congestiflora (Benoist) Eyma

  • Collector(s)

    S. A. Mori 25815 with T. Lobova, N. Pitcairn, C. Geiselman and B. Vlásákova, 18 Aug 2004

  • Location

    French Guiana. Nouragues Field Station. 100 km SSW of Cayenne and 40 km SW of Regina, ca. 7 km from Saut Pararé on the Arataï River. Camp Inselberg and vicinity.

  • Description

    Small tree, 12 m x 8 cm. Fruits with persistent, green calyx-lobes, the operculum and slightly more than the supracalycine zone green, the area between the calyx and the green part and the infracalycine zone brown, lenticellate, the operculum green, the stigma expanded, persistent, oblique. Mature fruits broadly turbinate, 4-locular, 4 x 4.5 cm, the pericarp, soft, 5 mm thick. Seeds, 1.8-2.2 x 1-1.6 cm, with basal aril. Several fruits opened, probably by capuchin monkeys. We saw monkeys in the area yesterday and found fruits on ground today. Forest. At entrance to Chemin Est Trail.

  • Notes (shown on label)

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  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 695560

    Occurrence ID: c47ee08c-b29d-4f92-819b-599d5cf297e9

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    French Guiana

  • Locality

    Nouragues Field Station. 100 km SSW of Cayenne and 40 km SW of Regina, ca. 7 km from Saut Pararé on the Arataï River. Camp Inselberg and vicinity.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 120 m. (394 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    4.08, -52.68

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