Collection Details

Species: Virola sp.2

Myristicaceae Virola sp.2
J. P. Janovec , P. Centeno 2556


Collection Date: 29 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. 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: Treelet 2 m. Sterile. Undersides of leaves gray, red pubescence.

Habit: Tree

Other Data

Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station

Project: Los Amigos Botany