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HERB. HORT. EDINB. | mMeee493 no i ee chs <9} Aad aa as ore pelt] ors] Flora of Belize Putranjivaceae Drypetes brownii Stand. copyright reserved Cayo: Chiquibul Forest Reserve; Las Cuevas Research Station; permanent 50 ha plot 1 km northwest of station. 600 m 16°43'48" N, 88°59'38" W Common tree 15 m, 14 cm dbh; hard thin, dark brown bark with lenticels; pale brown slash oxidises rapidly to dark brown. Tree #0001 (p37). Collected for the Community Ecology Research Oxford research testing for enemy- mediated density-dependence in the mortality of seedlings. Tropical evergreen seasonal broad-leaved lowland forest on limestone; canopy to ~25 m dominated by Protium copal, Manilkara zapote, Heisteria media, Drypetes brownii, Dendropanax arboreus & Sabal mauritiiformis. Understory dominated by Cryosophila stauracantha. Collector: Goodwin, Zoé A. With: Bagchi, Robert 9} ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN 27 August 2008 Vim 00 E00940937 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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