Collection Details

Species: Otoba glycycarpa (Ducke) W.A. Rodrigues & T. S. Jaramillo

Myristicaceae Otoba glycycarpa (Ducke) W.A. Rodrigues & T. S. Jaramillo
J. P. Janovec , P. Centeno 2444


Collection Date: 9 October 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. From the stream, collected on the Castañal trail towards the airport.

Locality Site Specific: Trocha Castañal.

DD Latitude: -12.57

DD Longitude: -70.1

Elevation: 270-270 m

Habitat

Habitat Description: Lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest. Upland terrace forest, from sloped terrain to flat terrace.

Soil Description: Soil sandy, clay.

Habitat: Terrestrial , Terra Firme Forest

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Tree 35-40 m, 60 cm dbh. Bark tannish-brown. Fruit green, immature. Pericarp juicy, thick, smells like lime-citronella. Smells more like Iryanthera laevis than like Virola or Compsoneura. Upland, terraza alta.

Habit: Tree

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany