Herbarium Specimen Details

Persea caerulea
Family Name Lauraceae
Currently Accepted Name Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
Locality Peru. Pasco , Oxapampa Prov. : Villa Rica. 10° 47' 9" S 76° 14' 42" W
Description Tree, 15 m; flowers old, brown; used as medicine against bruises and rheumatism - one uses bark and leaves.
Habitat Coffee-plantations and along road, mostly pioneer species, young specimens.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 1400 to m
Collector H. van der Werff
with G. Zúñiga, R. Arce, & W. Pariona
Collection Date 25 Feb 1986
Accession Number 193416
Image 193416.jpg