Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Hieronyma alchorneoides Allemão

  • Collector(s)

    S. A. Mori 25725 with T. A. Lobova & B. Keeley, 15 Nov 2003

  • Location

    French Guiana. Saut Athanase tourist camp on the Approuague River, ca. 25 km SW of Regina. In camp to left of bar as one faces the river.

  • Description

    Tree, 22 m x 30 cm. Fruits first green, then dark red, then purple at maturity, globose, 3 mm diam., with a single seed. Most infructescences with green fruit. Silver beaked tanagers observed eating mature fruit. Tree along river near bar. [Photos, DNA].

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 807083

    Occurrence ID: 48b27d3d-dad4-4a9d-b53c-140c666afb88

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    French Guiana

  • Locality

    Saut Athanase tourist camp on the Approuague River, ca. 25 km SW of Regina. In camp to left of bar as one faces the river.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    4.18, -52.32

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T35A
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of French Guiana
No. 25725
Euphorbiaceae
Hyeronima alchomeoides Allemao
det. S. A. Mori, 2003
French Guiana: Saut Athanase tourist camp (40H’N,
52°19’W) on the Approuague River, ca. 25 km SW of
Regina. In camp to left of bar as one faces the river.
Below 50 m.
Tree, 22 m x 30 cm. Fruits first green, then dark red, then
purple at maturity, globose, 3 mm diam., with a single
seed. Most infructescences with green fruit. Silver beaked
tanagers observed eating mature fruit. Tree along river
near bar. [Photos, DNA].
S. A. Mori, T. A. Lobova & B. Keeley 15 Nov 2003
Supported by the National Geographic Society
NYdb
00807083