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Pterygota bequaertii De Wild. [family STERCULIACEAE]

Date Updated: 13 July 2011

Herbarium
Cameroon National Herbarium (YA), YA0053749
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
De Wilde , J.J.F.E, #7840
Collection Date
19741224
Locality
Station du cacaoyer de N'Koemvone , 14 Km . On the road from Ebolowa to Ambam. Remnants of original forest around European houses.
Country
Cameroon (Cameroon)
Identifications
Pterygota bequaertii De Wild. [family STERCULIACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by De Wilde , J.J.F.E.,
Notes
Huge tree , about 45-50 m . Tall , DBH.:± 150 cm. , but some small buttresses up to 2 m . High. buttresses on the ground up 90 cm. wide , (measured from the main stem) . Bark grey , smooth , to londitudinally finely ridged. First branches at about 35 m . Crown in flowers . Flowers 5-merous , only ♂ flowers found on the ground. Perianth (sepals?) dirty pâle yellow covered by stellate brown hairs, somewhat dirty brown-red at the very base around the base of the creamy staminal-tube. Flowers with somewath unpleasant sweet smell. Many bees visiting the flowers fallen fromm the tree. See also my no .8246 A. Flowers and dried leaves collected on the ground.
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1

Date Updated: 19 May 2011

Herbarium
Cameroon National Herbarium (YA), YA0053749
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
De Wilde , J.J.F.E, #7840
Collection Date
19741224
Locality
Station du cacaoyer de N'Koemvone , 14 Km . On the road from Ebolowa to Ambam. Remnants of original forest around European houses.
Country
Cameroon (Cameroon)
Identifications
Pterygota bequaertii De Wild. [family STERCULIACEAE]; Verified by De Wilde , J.J.F.E.,
Notes
Huge tree , about 45-50 m . Tall , DBH.:± 150 cm. , but some small buttresses up to 2 m . High. buttresses on the ground up 90 cm. wide , (measured from the main stem) . Bark grey , smooth , to londitudinally finely ridged. First branches at about 35 m . Crown in flowers . Flowers 5-merous , only ♂ flowers found on the ground. Perianth (sepals?) dirty pâle yellow covered by stellate brown hairs, somewhat dirty brown-red at the very base around the base of the creamy staminal-tube. Flowers with somewath unpleasant sweet smell. Many bees visiting the flowers fallen fromm the tree. See also my no .8246 A. Flowers and dried leaves collected on the ground.
Pages
1
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