Collection Details
Species: Heisteria spruceana Engl.
Collection Date: 12 October 2001
Determined By: A. K. Neill
Determination Date: 7 September 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, ca. 7.0 km upriver from mouth of Río Los Amigos. Collected along trocha Trompeteros and from the beginning of trocha Trompetero along trocha Castañal and trocha to the Plataform.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Trompetero.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth tropical to subtropical moist forest. Upper terrace, dissected by streams.
Soil Description: Soil dark, sandy, poor, well-drained.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Terra Firme Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 15 m. Calyx bract red-pink. Fruit greenish-white, immature. Collected along Trocha Trompetero.
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany