Guarea riparia W.Palacios

Meliaceae

Collection NumberNeill, D 15700
CollectorsDavid Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, W. Quizhpe
Identified ByD.A. Neill (MO), 2007
SourceC. Davidson
Date15 September 2007
CountryEcuador
provinceZamora Chinchipe
cantonNangaritza
LocationCordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Riparian vegetation along west bank of upper Río Nangaritza near the Cabañas Yankuam lodge. Soil of sand eroded from sandstone plateau above, mixed with river-borne clay sediment. 900 m elev.
Lat/LongS 04 14 53 W 078 39 35
NoteShrub 1 m tall, with flexible stems; a rheophyte on riverbank rocks that is submerged during periodic flooding. Corolla and staminal tube cream to pale yellowish. Fruits dark reddish-brown, tuberculate.