Collection Details
Species: Meliosma herbertii Rolfe
Collection Date: 8 November 2001
Determined By: J. P. Janovec
Determination Date: 10 October 2005
Institution: BRIT
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. Between the garden and cocha Llena. A few collections made in the garden cleaning and along trocha playa.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, lower terrace, younger floodplain, some areas seasonally inundated.
Soil Description: Soil moist to wet, sandy, alluvial.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Floodplain Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 32 m. Frutos imaduros, verdes, ovoides. Espacios interno de la semilla bacio.
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany