Collection Details
Species: Mansoa kerere (Aubl.) A. H. Gentry
Collection Date: 4 November 2001
Determined By: L. G. Lohmann
Determination Date: 1 January 2003
Institution: MO
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. Between Cocha Llena and Cocha Lobo.
Locality Site Specific: Trocha Cocha Lobo.
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: Liana at 10 m. Fruit green when immature to brown when mature. Seeds brown, waxy, with ability to float. Seed architecture very much like that of Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae). Stem cross-section withi four-angled -- cross-shaped -- secondary xylem growth
Habit: Liana
Other Data
Research Site: Los Amigos Conservation Concession & Biological Station
Project: Los Amigos Botany