Collection Details

Species: Tetrapterys maranhamensis A. Juss.

Malpighiaceae Tetrapterys maranhamensis A. Juss.
J. P. Janovec , P. Centeno 2465


Collection Date: 12 October 2001
Determined By: W. R. Anderson
Determination Date: 1 December 2006
Institution: MICH

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: Liana at 6 m. Fruit green. Tetrapterys sp.1

Habit: Liana

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany