Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.26.__
Froesia gereauana
Region: Amazonas, southern Venezuela.
Botany
Unbranched tree; 12 m tall.
Leaves are crowded at the top of the trunk; petiole is over 30 cm long; pinnately compound with 27 leaflets, each one oblong to ovate, thick and leathery, 31 cm long.
Inflorescence: at the top of the trunk
Flowers: up to 10 mm long.
Fruit: dry, fibrous follicle, spherical to pear-shaped, about 2 cm in diameter.