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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
MSc. Field Trip to Belize
Crygsophila stauracantha (Heynh.) R.Evans
Belize: Cayo: Las Cuevas Research Station forest, Monkey trail.
In more open parts of the seasonal tropical forest.
Tree, 9 m height, rachis 130cm length, spines 2-7 cm length
covering all of stem. Old remnants of petioles persist and project
from the top of the stem. Stem (7 cm dbh) is solitary (not
clustered).
Tom Heller's photo of the trunk (with spines)
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
Catherine J Sharp No. 10 with Tom Heller, Gwyneth
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TT APR 2003 peer
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