del Cocuy. ““Tree with small crown; 80 feet tall; columnar; diameter 
2 feet. Rather large stilt-buttress roots. Latex thick, white, sparse. 
Bark thick, } inch, rough, externally dark brown, internally reddish, 
soft. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers yellow-cream, pinkish at base. Cu- 
nuri da caatinga.’’ May 9, 1948, Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco 
Lopes 9884. 
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