EXSICCATAE #:    00059411
TROPICOS #:      05900294
TAXON:           Physena madagascariensis Thouars ex Tul. 
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Nosy Mangabe RS  
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        Nosy Mangabe, a 520 hectare island 5 km from Maroantsetra 
                   in the Bay of Antongil. With P.P. Lowry II and J. Floret. 
ELEV:            0-330 m
COORD:           15.30S 49.46E
COLLECTOR:       G.E. Schatz, et al. 
NUMBER:          2350
COLL.DATE:       6-8 May 1988
INSTITUTIONS:    BR, C, DSM, EA, G, K, LE, MO, P, PRE, RSA, S, TAN, US, WAG
SPECIMEN INFO:   Tree 3-4 m tall just above beach. Leaves dark glossy 
                   green above, lighter below. Female tree. Inflorescences 
                   pendulous, hanging below leaves, the axes, calyx green. 
                   Ovary, stigma green. Inflated fruits green, seeds white.
	           Voucher for pickled material. Photo. 
PHOTO