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Flora of Belize
Putranjivaceae
Drypetes brownii Stand.
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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
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN 27 August 2008
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E00940937
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
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