Collection Details
Species: Sterculia apeibophylla Ducke
Collection Date: 7 May 2001
Determined By: L. J. Dorr
Determination Date: 11 December 2006
Institution: US
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, ca. 7.0 km upriver from mouth of Río Los Amigos. Collections starting from 850 m along Trail 4.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Huangana.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, upper terrace dissected by stream watersheds, rolling.
Soil Description: Poor soil, moist, sandy-loam with some clay content.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Terra Firme Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 20 m. 36.4 cm DBH. Green fruit, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, glaucous, pubescent beneath, somewhat scabrous. Fruit clustered in a whorl of five, maturing into five unicarpellate follicles. Inner fruit walls covered with whitish-translucent trichomes.
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany