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Lophanthera lactescens - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2012 © Jörn Germer

Lophanthera lactescens - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2012 © Jörn Germer

Lophanthera lactescens - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2012 © Jörn Germer

Lophanthera lactescens - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 4/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1885
Date of entry: 10.04.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

Portuguese: Chuva-de-ouro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Polygalales (14)

        Family: Malpighiaceae (8)(family description)

          Genus: Lophanthera (1)

            Epithet: lactescens Ducke (1)

lactescens => having sap that turns milky

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Lophanthera lactescens at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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