Family: Ericaceae
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Cavendishia pedicellata Luteyn
Isotype of Cavendishia pedicellata Luteyn
Collection number: 7308
Collection date: 20th April 1979
Country/Territory: Colombia:Chocó
Collecting locality: Colombia:Departamento de Chocó:Ansermanuevo - San Jose del Palmar road 2-5 km E of San Jose del Palmar.
Habitat: Roadside slopes
Description: Terrestrial shrub with arching branches to 2 m long; stems with odor of anise; rachis, pedicels & calyx green heavily suffused with purple; floral bracts, bracteoles & corolla tube dark wine-red; corolla limb & lobes whitish-red; young calyx lobes secreting a white, viscid latex; berry purple. Scattered, but common.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00326972
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00326972
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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