Family
Symplocaceae
Genus
Symplocos
Specific Epithet
vanderwerffii
Authorship
B. Ståhl
9/19/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Notes
Tree 10 m tall. Flowers greenish-cream. Fruits green, with inferior ovary, single-seeded drupe.
