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Cavendishia grossa Luteyn (E00326973)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00326973
Catalogue Number: E00326973
Scientific Name: Cavendishia grossa Luteyn
Collector Number: 7050
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cavendishia
Species: grossa
Field Notes: Terrestrial shrub to 3 m tall; leaves thick, coriaceous, brittle; petioles & base of leaf veins red; floral bracts red, punctated with yellow glands; pedicels & calyx rose-red at anthesis with bright yellow glands; basal 3/4 of corolla bright glossy red, upper 1/4, limb & lobe white. Locally abundant.
Country: Colombia
State/Province: Antioquia
Locality: Colombia:Departamento de Antioquia:Yarumal-Valdivia road, km 122, ca. 10 kms N of Yarumal. Steep roadside slopes and remnant forest.