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Collector Iltis, H.H.
Number E-605
Collected with F.Triviño
Country Ecuador
Subpart Guayas
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Locality Along new road to military reservation, near top of Cerro Azul, a calcareous outlier of Cerros de Chongon, at km 14 on Gyayaquil-Salinas road (1 km before Barcelona) ca 18 km W of Guayaquil.
Coordinates 2° 9' S 80° 2' W
Minimum elevation (m) 200
Maximum elevation (m) 250
Start date 1977/07/27
End date 1977/07/28
Family Rubiaceae
Identification Simira ecuadorensis (Standl.)Steyerm.
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Field notes 15 m tall tree, now almost leafless, with round rusty-green fruits with many winged seeds. Area of very dry tropical seasonal deciduous forest (Capparis heterophylla, Ceiba pentandra, Cochlospermum vitifolium, Pseudobombax millei, Gustavia angustifolia, Guazuma ulmifolia, Cecropia sp., Ficus spp.). Heavily cut-over, hence heavily draped with lianas.

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