Collection Details
Species: Virola sebifera Aubl.
Collection Date: 10 December 2005
Determined By: T. Franklin
Determination Date: 10 December 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. Trocha Plataforma, 575m, 30m to the right of the trail.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Plataforma.
Elevation: 287-287 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: Tree with abundant male flowers, from the trail causing it to appear as if covered in a gold-orange colour. Buds are a light green and there is a tannish pubescence on the inflorescence branches. Flowers#4; buds#3. Flowers at anthesis are a brilliant gold-orange to yellow colour. Adaxial leaf surface a glabrous dark green, while abaxial surface is a lighter green covered in a ferruginous pubescence. Very hard whitish bark, with small fissures, that exudes a caramel-coloured resin when cut.
Height: 30 m
DBH: 30.8-30.8 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