EXSICCATAE #:    00257130
TROPICOS #:      13201252
TAXON:           Tisonia coriacea Scott-Elliot var. coriacea 
DET. BY:         R.E. Gereau, 1989 
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Sahavary      
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        2-3 km E. of Sahavary which is 1-2 km E.of the 
                   Andranofotsy River and approx. 15 km NE of Maroantsetra. 
                   (Plants preserved in alcohol). With J. & S. 
                   Dransfield, et al. 
ELEV:            50-400 m
COORD:           15.17S 49.50E
COLLECTOR:       G.E. Schatz, et al. 
NUMBER:          1895
COLL.DATE:       10 Feb. 1988
INSTITUTIONS:    K, LE, MO, P, TAN
SPECIMEN INFO:   Tree 20 m tall. Leaves just beginning to expand, glossy 
                   medium green above, pink tinted below. Inflorescences 
                   axillary ramiflorous; pendulous. The axes green, bracts 
                   and pedicel pink-red; sepals pink translucent with 
                   darker pink venation. Filaments white; anthers yellow. 
                   Style/ovary white. Photo. 
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