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Collection Details

Species: Virola flexuosa A. C. Smith

Myristicaceae Virola flexuosa A. C. Smith
T. F. Franklin , A. P. Maceda 31


Collection Date: 10 December 2005
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown

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Locality

Continent: South America

Country: Peru

Region: Madre de Díos

Subregion: Manu Province

Closest Town: Puerto Maldonado

Locality Description: Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios River. Al fin de la Trocha Plataforma, donde se encuentra con la Trocha Castañal.

Locality Site Specific: Trocha Plataforma.

DD Latitude: -12.55

DD Longitude: -70.11

Elevation: 298-298 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, upper terrace, flat terrain.

Soil Description: Poor soil, moist, sandy-loam with some clay content.

Habitat: Terrestrial , Terra Firme Forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Grey coloured trunk, deeply fissured and very hard. Pubescence on leaf underside, which is a yellow-green colour. Glabrous rich green adaxial surface, with pubescence only continuing part-way along the primary vein. Leaves are rigidly attached to branch.

Height: 22 m

DBH: 29-29 cm

Local Name: cumala

Habit: Tree

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany

Basis of Specimen: Preserved specimen