Collection Details
Species: Aspidosperma myristicifolium
Collection Date: 30 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. Trail to Cocha Lobo and the old logging road.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo - Old Logging Road.
DD Latitude: -12.57
DD Longitude: -70.1
Elevation: 270-270 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Old growth, lowland tropical to subtropical moist forest, lower terrace, younger floodplain, some areas seasonally inundated.
Soil Description: Soil moist to wet, sandy, alluvial.
Habitat: Terrestrial , Floodplain Forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Tree 35 m. Latex white. Trunk fenestrated, apparently originating from the points of ramification. Flowers cream-green to cream. The inflorescence and buds with a light covering of brown to brown-copper pubescence. The branches strongly distichous a
Habit: Tree
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany