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Collector Klitgaard, B. B.
Number 67033
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Country Ecuador
Subpart MANABI
County  
Locality 5 km west of El Carmen goes road to Suma; km 2 on this road.
Coordinates 0° 15' S 79° 30' W
Minimum elevation (m) 250
Maximum elevation (m) 250
Start date 1988/01/24
End date 1988/01/24
Family Fabaceae
Identification Brownea multijuga Britton & Killip
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Field notes This species is the dominating in the pasture. Tree c. 25 m tall. Young branches and rachises have four longitudinal furrows, the mature are more or less terete. The leaves are in a distichous phyllotaxy, modular, and appear in a horizontal plane. The leaves have 10-13 pairs of leaflets; the stipules are filamentous and early caducous. One leaf bud encloses c. 8 leaves. The inflorescences are terminally inserted on the branches. The development in the inflorescence is centripetal. Bracts, bracteoles, sepals, petals, and apices of stamens are bright red, anthers are yellow. Nectar is secreted from the bottom of the hypanthium. Additional material in AAU: Flowers in alcohol, pods, wood, seedlings.

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