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HERB. HORT. EDINB. Oo) © wn fav) fa) g ee ROYAL Xen v Wier GARDEN EDINBURGH Flora of Belize Apocynaceae Mandevilla hirsuta (Rich.) kK. Schum. Toledo: Deep River Forest Reserve North; ~8.5 km west of Southern Highway along BFREE access road, ~500 m north of access road. 16°32'12" N, 88°42'26" W copyright reserved Occasional vine growing through Conostegia icosandra & Clidemia capitellata; milky white sap; flowers with yellow corolla, red on inside, white pubescent on outside; fruit pair of long pods, white pubescent on outside; fed on by green snake- mimicking caterpillar (see photos). ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN | EDINBURGH | | E00554051 | | Fringe between pine savanna woodland & broadleaf gallery forest. Pine savanna woodland with frequent Pinus caribaea 20 m (<5%) & rare Vochysia hondurensis 15 m; shrub layer of abundant Tripsacum latifolium, frequent Acoelorraphe wrightii 3-5 m, Byrsonima crassifolia 5 m, occasional Quercus oleoides 8 m. Partially burnt recently (1.5 month previously). Gallery forest with abundant Xylopia frutescens & Vochysia hondurensis. Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. With: Lopez, German N. 1 May 2010 1250 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E) Darwin Initiative Project - Conservation of the lowland Savanna ecosystem in Belize
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