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Collector Evans, R.
Number 2738
Collected with Robyn Burham & Sylva Koemar
Country Suriname
Subpart Sipaliwini
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Locality Vicinity of Blanche Marie Waterfall on the Nickerie River. Primary lowland wet forest on bank of Nickerie River
Coordinates 4° 45' 30'' N 56° 52' 40'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 50
Maximum elevation (m) 50
Start date 1997/06/14
End date 1997/06/14
Family Sapotaceae
Identification Manilkara
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Field notes Tree, 20 m tall, overhanging river, wood soft; bark, stems, and leaves with abundant latex, stem latex derived from pith and bark; resinous material present on bark in a large blob (ca. 10 cm across), leaves alternate, spiralled in clusters over apical ca. 50 cm of branch, secondary venetation tightly parallel, with secondaries and intersecondaries perpendicular to midrib; flowers in axillary clusters, pedicels ca. 2-3 cm long, sepals 6, greenish, petals 12? (or 6? deeply bifid), white, androecium united into a short cup, stamens 6, alternating with 6 white staminodes, style 1, entire

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