Clusia heterosavia

Hammel

(Clusiaceae)

Masís, A., Espinoza, R., Chavarría, F., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D., 1998. Clusia heterosavia(Clusiaceae) Species Page, May 20, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

I. Identification:

Shrub 2-4 tall that grows in old pastures.

Flower:

View of the flower

 

 

 

Fruit:

Indehiscent fruit 2-2.5 cm long.

Leaves:

Bark and wood:

Greyish. Secretes latex when a cut is made in the bark.

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

In the wet forests of the Atlantic foothills of the mountain range.

 Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the old pastures of the San Cristobal station and the San Gerardo farm.

Acknowledgements.

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 Barry Hammel for the taxonomic identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited.