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| | MBG: Research: Projects: South America: Venezuelan Guayana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Shrub or tree 3-30 m tall; latex white; leaves orbicular to obovate, long-petiolate; flowers single or in 3-flowered cymes, 12-14 cm wide at anthesis; petals white throughout, persistent in fruit; stigmas numerous, + 15; fruits large, + 12 cm diameter. |
 | | Aragua, Anzoátegui, Barinas, Cojedes, Distrito Federal, Falcón, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Portugesa, Sucre, Yaracuy; Panama, West Indies, Colombia, Guyana. |
 | | Evergreen lowland forests, semideciduous forests, 0-500 m; Bolívar (Río Cuyuni, lower Río Paragua, San Mateo). |
| www.mobot.org /MOBOT/Research/ven-guayana/clusiaceae/page4.shtml (6432 words) |
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