Martiodendron elatum var. occidentale (Ducke) Gleason

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Acre

• County/Municipio

  Acrelândia Mun.

• Locality

  Basin of Rio Madeira, Rio Abunã, Porto Dias, km 130 of BR-364, then 30 km on Ramal do Pelé.

• Elevation

  Alt. 130 m. (427 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -9.98839, -66.7779

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
011807S3
det.
Botanical Garden
Federal do Acre
of Acre, Brazil
elatum (Ducke) Gleason
R. D. Ribeiro, 2010
Fabaceae
Brazil. Acre. Acrelándia. Basin of Rio Madeira, Rio
Abuna, Porto Dias, km 130 of BR-364, then 30 km on
Ramal do Pelé.
9°59'18.2"S, 66°46'40.5"W
130 m.
Disturbed vegetation by low levee above Rio AbunS.
Tree 25 m x 48 cm, plank buttresses 1.5 m tall, 50 cm
extension, outer bark gray, in places shed in small thick
plates, in place with fine dense hoop marks, finely
lenticellate. Fruits borne above crown, red, leathery. Rare.
Use: timber tree
N.V. violeta; cora^o do negro [Portuguese]
17 May 2009
D. C. Daly, E. C. Oliveira, A. Sanchez, H. M. Oliveira
13736
Field work supported by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation
NYdb
01188763