Collection Details
Species: Besleria pendula Hanst.
Collection Date: 19 October 2002
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2001
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Venezuela
Region: Trujillo
Subregion: Boconó
Locality Description: La Laguna Negra; main road between El Batatal and Mosquey. Near border of Parque Nacional Guaramacal.
DD Latitude: 9.3
DD Longitude: -70.1667
Min. Elevation: 1830 m
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Common tree to 2.0 m tall. Flowers not present. Frutescence pendent. Immature fruit green. Mature fruit display-like; ovary wall initially bivalved, then separating into four reflexed valves revealing a bright red fleshy mass of seeds. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US)
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae