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Type of: Dichapetalum pulchrum Breteler

Collector Breteler, F.J.
Number 100
Collected with J.J.F.E. deWilde
Country Gabon
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Locality About 25 km NE of Asok. Marshy place along small river in closed high forest. In dark shade
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Minimum elevation (m) 600
Maximum elevation (m) 600
Start date 1978/08/17
End date 1978/08/17
Family Dichapetalaceae
Identification Dichapetalum pulchrum Breteler
Determined by Breteler, F.J.
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Field notes Shrubby tree, about 4 m high, with lianescent top. Older branchelets dark brown velvety, young branchelets yellowish-pale brown, velvety. Young leaves with a floccose indumentum above, prominent reticulate beneath, pale green, older leaves papery, dark green above, pale green beneath with prominent reticulate venation. Sepals erect, pale green. Petals whitish-green, erect. Fruits velutinous yellowish-brown together with flowers in one and the same inflorescence. Flowers and fruits in spirit coll. WAG

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