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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
MSc. Field Trip to Belize
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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)
$22 PRWIT AND SEED COLLECTION
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH k :
Catherine J Sharp No. 10 with Tom Heller, Gwyneth
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Eo0o200793
11 APR 2003
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