Oxypetalum balansae Malme

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Cordillera Prov.

• Locality

  ca. 21 km SE of Palmar del Oratorio, ca. 14 km SE of Rio Chore-Chore (=Rio Pantano)

• Elevation

  Alt. 365 m. (1198 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.03, -63.02

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
AscleD Oxypetalum balansae Malme
det. W. D. Stevens, 1989
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Cordillera, ca. 21
km. SE of Palmar del Oratorio, ca. 14 km. SE
of Rio Chore-Chore [=Rio Pantano].
18°02'S, 63°01'W	alt. 365 m.
Flat plain, fine sandy soil, mostly cleared
for soybean and maize fields, edges and
disturbed remnants of subtropical semi-
deciduous forest, with Prosopis alba,
Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Solanum riparium.
Vine over grasses. Sap milky. Flowers
lightly fragrant, greenish white with purple
horns. Fruit green.
Coll.: M. Nee 37655
22 Jan. 1989
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