Coussarea grandis Müll.Arg.

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The New York Botanical Garden and '
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Rubiaceae Coussarea granáis Mué11. Arg.
det. M. Nee, 1995
BRASIL, Est. do Amazonas, Mun. de Manaus, ca. 80
km. NNE de Manaus, Distrito Agropecuário da
SUFRAMA, Rodovia BR 174, km 64, depois 34 km
leste na ZF3, Fazenda Esteio. 02°26’S, 59°48’ W.
alt. 50-125 m.
Projeto Dinámica Biológica de Fragmentos
Florestais, vic. acampamento "km. 34". Non-
flooded tropical evergreen forest (mata de térra
firme, latosolo amarelo).
Tree 8 m. tall, 7 cm. diam. Fruit creamy white; a
few fallen fruit seen yesterday, today all fruit
opened, and on ground, the white pulp removed,
apparently by a monkey.
Coll.: M. Nee 42863
24 June 1992
02713715