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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 3470
Collected with B. Merino & N. Aguirre
Country Ecuador
Subpart Azuay
County  
Locality 30 kmS of Cuenca on road to Loja
Coordinates 3° 8' S 79° 2' W
Minimum elevation (m) 3100
Maximum elevation (m) 3100
Start date 1997/08/15
End date 1997/08/15
Family Symplocaceae
Identification Symplocos quitensis Brand
Determined by B. Stahl
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Vegetation: dwarf bosque andino remnant surrounded by cultivation and pasture. Tree, 5 m x 20 cm, bark smooth, various shades of grey, white and pink in ± horizontal bands; leaves coriaceous, very discolorous, dark bottlegreen glossy, almost black above, much paler and dull below; fruits olive-sized with very hard stone-like seeds, exocarp mid-green flushing purple-red with age, fruit apex ± truncate. Area of taller bosque. Apparently rare

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