EXSICCATAE #:    00044743
TROPICOS #:      21200349
TAXON:           Tambourissa nicolliae Jérémie & Lorence 
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Ambanizana
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        Maroantsetra, forested slopes S of village of Ambanizana. 
                   SE of Maroantsetra, NW coast of Masoala Peninsula. 
ELEV:            200 m
COORD:           15.39S 49.58E
COLLECTOR:       Porter P. Lowry II, A. Rakotozafy & M.F. Nicoll 
NUMBER:          4184
COLL.DATE:       18 October 1986
INSTITUTIONS:    HT: MO; IT: P, PTBG
SPECIMEN INFO:   Small tree to c. 6 m. tall, branched above the middle. 
                   Leaves dark green above, pale green below. Inflorescences
	           cauliflorous, borne from near ground level to c. 3 m., young
	           flowers rosy, older flowers light yellow, smelling of fresh
	           blackberries or Jerusalem artichokes. 
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