Collection Details
Species: Virola flexuosa A. C. Smith
Collection Date: 10 December 2005
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
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