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Ceratostema pubescens Luteyn (E00208165)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00208165
Catalogue Number: E00208165
Scientific Name: Ceratostema pubescens Luteyn
Collector Number: 2640
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Ceratostema
Species: pubescens
Field Notes: Shrub, 2-2.5 m; some plants with a large lignotuber; young flush foliage dark blood-red or pinkish red, leaves coriaceous, yellowish green above, whitish green below; rhachises red, calyces with a green tube and scarlet lobes, fleshy corollas scarlet with green lobes, style red, corollas fall early to leave persistent calyces
Country: Ecuador
State/Province: El Oro
Locality: Ecuador:El Oro:Road Manu-Chilla, km 36; 10km W of Guanasan