Sapotaceae Micropholis guyanensis (A.DC.) Pierre

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Bark
• Latex
• Vegetative
• Slash
• Woody stem
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• St. Davids - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree to 35m; bole angular, with thin irregular buttresses; bark pale; young lvs silver-grey, or golden brown with loose hairs; many closely parallel lateral nerves; lvs mostly <10cm long; abruptly narrowing to blunt tip. Fls 3-5 together; corolla <4mm long. Fruit edible, egg-shaped, 2-4.5 cm long, single-seeded.

Specimen information

Collection Date
14/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
507

Location
On rim of crater lake along path to Mount Qua Qua.

Notes
Tree 9 m tall, 25 cm dbh. BARK: slightly rough. SLASH: hard, fibrous, pink, sapwood yellow, latex. LEAVES: margin recurved; US midrib slightly channelled; LS rough. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=152A)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 600