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Cavendishia pedicellata Luteyn (E00326972)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00326972
Catalogue Number: E00326972
Scientific Name: Cavendishia pedicellata Luteyn
Collector Number: 7308
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cavendishia
Species: pedicellata
Field Notes: Terrestrial shrub with arching branches to 2 m long; stems with odor of anise; rachis, pedicels & calyx green heavily suffused with purple; floral bracts, bracteoles & corolla tube dark wine-red; corolla limb & lobes whitish-red; young calyx lobes secreting a white, viscid latex; berry purple. Scattered, but common.
Country: Colombia
State/Province: Chocó
Locality: Colombia:Departamento de Chocó:Ansermanuevo - San Jose del Palmar road 2-5 km E of San Jose del Palmar.