EXSICCATAE #:    00409543
TROPICOS #:      28700028
TAXON:           Labramia costata (Hartog ex Baill.) Aubrév. 
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. 
ELEV:            0-330 m
COORD:           15.30S 49.46E
COLLECTOR:       G. E. Schatz & Al Gentry 
NUMBER:          2094
COLL.DATE:       13-23 April 1988
INSTITUTIONS:    BR, K, MO, P, PRE, TAN, WAG
SPECIMEN INFO:   Tree 25 m tall. Leaves dark green above, lighter below, 
                   venation yellowish, prominent below. Pedicel, calyx green.
	           Corolla white, anthers orange, style, stigma white. Flowers
	           with strong odor of corn-on-the-cob dipped in nearly rancid
	           butter. Flowers visited by Lemur fulvus albifrons and
                   Varecia variegata variegata. Photo.  
PHOTO