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Collector Lewis, G.P.
Number 3511
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart Loja
County  
Locality Loja; track from Universidad Nacional to Uritusinga, km 10.5.
Coordinates 4° 0' S 79° 12' W
Minimum elevation (m) 2900
Maximum elevation (m) 2900
Start date 1997/08/22
End date 1997/08/22
Family Melastomataceae
Identification Axinaea sclerophylla Triana
Determined by Elvira Cotton
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Vegetation: bosque humedo andino, secondary scrub and cultivation. Tree, 4 m x 25 cm diam., bark greyish white; leaves bullate, coriaceous, discolorous, dark green dull above, mid-green with a rusty indumentum below, main veins with a pinkish red tinge; thick fleshy calyces green tinged red with mid-green blotches on the lobes, petals fleshy-waxy, pale pink with white margins, early caducous, filaments blood-red, anthers ochre-brown with a red spur, style white. Bosque remnant in fence-line.

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