Collection Details
Species: Virola surinamensis
Collection Date: 14 May 2001
Determined By: J. P. Janovec
Determination Date: 19 May 2006
Institution: BRIT
Locality
Continent: South America
Country: Peru
Region: Madre de Díos
Subregion: Manu
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. Trail from garden which leads to the cocha grande.
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: Aquatic , Aguajal Wetland
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 20 m. DBH 31 cm. Small buttresses and stilt roots. Profuse red sap. Bark dark, this, with many lichens. flowers cream-tan, fragrant. Original morphospecies: Virola pav
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Aguajal Los Amigos - CICRA
Project: Aguajal Project