Collection Details

Species: Otoba parvifolia (Markgr.) A.H. Gentry

Myristicaceae Otoba parvifolia (Markgr.) A.H. Gentry
J. P. Janovec , C. Nayahuacca, & V. Yumbato 2035


Collection Date: 13 May 2001
Determined By: J. P. Janovec
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
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. Trail to the large cocha ("Cocha Lobos"), between the first and second small cochas.

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 15 m. tall, 25 cm DBH. Sterile. Leaves glaucous beneath. Profuse amount of bloud-red sap from trunk. Bark tannish, flaking in small plates.

Habit: Tree

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany