[Specimen details]

Alstonia boonei
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Alstonia boonei De Wild.
Locality Gabon. SE of Sindora, right-bank of Ngounie R. 17 km W of Chantier Waka. 1° 7' 47" S 10° 29' 24" E
Description Larger slender tree 40 m high, trunk 80 cm diameter, terete, without buttresses, bark rather smooth, pale grey-brown; leaves subcoriaceous, glaucous, paler dull and with darker veins beneath.
Habitat Old secondary forest, light-lateritic clay with sand.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector A. J. M. Leeuwenberg 13641
with J.G.M. Persoon
Collection Date 23 Sep 1985
Accession Number 209047
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