Family
Clethraceae
Genus
Clethra
Specific Epithet
obovata
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don
9/24/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Notes
Tree 7 m all. Flowers honey-fragrant. Corolla ivory-white.