J. A. Steyermark

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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  • Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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    Description: Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
  • Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
  • Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
  • Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
  • Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bellucia pentamera Naudin, Guatemala, J. A. Steyermark 39476, F
Current Determination: Bellucia pentamera Naudin
Family: Melastomataceae
Elevation: 30

Collector(s): J. A. Steyermark
Collection Date: 15 April 1940
Description: Uses: Food, construction (Balick et al. 2000:99). Common names: Mayawood (voucher). Maya (Balick et al. 2000:99). Image Notes: Fruit: 1.5-2.0 cm spheroid woody capsule, slightly reticulate hard epidermal layer. Dehiscent medially exposing five loculed fruit with papery exocarp, remains of corolla. Three sepals form a persistent calyx firmly attached to peduncle (1.5-2.0 cm) covering half of the fruit. Calyx retains scar at base of the gynoecium architecture.
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789539
OccurenceID: 77f91741-657f-4461-b383-b69f771c62a2

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