Elaeocarpaceae Sloanea massoni Sw.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Bole
• Bark
• Buttress
• Habit
• Vegetative
• Tree (any size)
• Woody stem
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Vendome Estate - GRENADA
• Grand Etang - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Large tree to 30m, with buttresses. Leaves broadly ellipiptic or ovate, apex emarginate, margin entire; small hairs on veins, 8-40cm long, plus 1-10 cm petiole swollen at tip. Scalariform veins; Capsules spiny.

Specimen information

Collection Date
14/06/2001

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

Specimen Number
511

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

Notes
Tree 11 m tall with small plank buttresses. BARK: smooth with scattered red-brown lenticels. SLASH: brittle, fibrous, pink-red with nemerous fine strands of deeper red. LEAVES: bullate. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=148B)

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