Pereskia lychnidiflora DC.

Credit:MPU - Université Montpellier - MPU - 2023

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU1405862

Collection

Family

Cactae

Genus

Species

Name

Pereskia lychnidiflora DC.

Country label

Nicarágua

Country ISO (code)

Verbatim locality

departmento de Madriz : ca. 2.1 km N of Hwy 1 (at ca. km 193) on road to Palacaguina

Phenology

Collector's name

W.D. Stevens

Collector's number

5673

Collection date

1977-12-29

Altitude

540

Geographic coordinates

13° 27' 0'' N ; 86° 24' 0'' O

13.45 ; -86.4

Description

small tree, ca 6m tall and 3 dm dbh, trunk covered with long spines, fruit falling when yellow, said not to be eaten "madeare"

Solomon

1985