Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Distrito Lares. Manto. Bosque intervenido en el borde de la carretera. 6292 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán Vargas, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Arbol 8 m; frutos amarillentos.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque remanente en borde de quebrada. Árbol 15 m, flores blancas.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Sabiaceae
Genus
Meliosma
Specific Epithet
frondosa
Authorship
Cuatrec. & Idrobo
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#173,930 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
6%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy