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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum mexicanum Brandegee ex. Stand.
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Det by Z.A.Goodwin on Aug 07
Belize: Corozal District, Fireburn Reserve, ~2 km E of Fireburn
village, ~30 m N of NE trail, plot 52.
18° 12° 43.7" N 88° 11° 4.4" W (WGS84)
Tropical, evergreen broadleaf forest: Yucatan variant.
Dominated by Dendropanax arboreus, Piscidia piscipula &
Z.Goodwin 442. Canopy of ~14 m.
Altitude: <10m
Area farmed 16-36 yrs previously. Thick leaf litter, limestone
bedrock.
Rare tree 14m, with 2 trunks 9.3 & 14.2 cm dbh. Flakey brown
bark, magenta slash with copious white milky sap.
Goodwin, Zoé Africa 466 18 Feb 2007
with K. Lloyd & D. Weimer
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
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