Collection Details
Species: Chaunochiton kappleu
Collection Date: 29 October 2001
Determined By: J. P. Janovec
Determination Date: 31 January 2008
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. Southwest of the junction between the trail to the second mirador and the trail to the first Mirador. Primera altura.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Primer Mirador - Trocha Segundo Mirador.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth tropical to subtropical moist forest. Upper terrace and dissected terrain.
Soil Description: Soil dark, sandy, well-drained.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Terra Firme Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 35 m, 44 cm dbh. Bark spongy to corky, soft, blackish-gray. The wood reddish, grainy, oily, with malodor. Fruit with persistent wing-like calyx green when immature (for fresh) to brown when mature (or dry). Fruit green when immature, brown-black
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany