Tetragastris panamensis (Engl.) Kuntze   (Burseraceae)

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Espinoza, R., Masís, A., Chavarra, F., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D. 1998. Tetragastris panamensis(Burseraceae) Species Page, August 9, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Tree from 15-18 m tall

Flower:

Fruit:

Green immature, indehiscent, fall on the ground, brown mature 2 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter, with light brown seeds 15 mm long, 5 per fruit.

Various views of the fruit

Leaves:

Alternately compound, lanceolate form with entire margins, 13-21 cm long, generally with 7 leaflets. The petiole is flat on one side.

Under surface of the leaf	Upper surface of the leaf

Bark and wood:

The bark is grey and peels off of the wood.

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geograaphic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

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Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

Walking in the El Hacha sector in the area called El Muerto.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA. We would especially like to thank Fredy Quesada for the identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie for helping with the managment of images and translation of this species page.

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