Rourea imbricata Elmer

  • Filed As

    Connaraceae
    Rourea imbricata Elmer ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 14309, Sep 1912

  • Location

    Philippines. Agusan del Norte. Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta). Near the summit of Duros peak.

  • Habitat

    Moist humus covered soil. Moist wooded depression.

  • Description

    A tough scandent and sprawling shrub; stem crooked or curved, 3/4 in. thick, rigid, branched; the thin sapwood white, otherwise reddish tinged, quite odorless and tasteless; bark relatively thick, smooth and brown and gray mixed, green hypodermis, otherwise testaceous; branchlets short upon the longer and subdrooping main ones, more or less clustered; leaves descending, chartaceous, with recurved apex, slightly paler beneath; inflorescence suberect, stalks green, pedicels and perianth segments brick red; young fruit ovoidly ellipsoid, dark green, as is also the calyx. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 10990

    Occurrence ID: 828b9440-763e-4b77-a7fa-c308b065064e

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Agusan del Norte

  • Locality

    Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta). Near the summit of Duros peak.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1143 m. (3750 ft.)

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