Photos / Sounds

What

Loroco (Echites panduratus)

Observer

oliverkomar

Date

September 22, 2019 10:18 AM CST

Description

A loroco plant was spotted by Carlos Lopez Manzano (showing the plant in the fourth photo). Flowers had the distinctive pungent smell and taste of loroco. A vine growing amid shrubbery at edge of Yeguare River (although often cultivated, there were no homesteads nearby).

Loroco - Photo (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Schwarz
ivanyargueta's ID: Loroco (Echites panduratus)
Added on February 13, 2020
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Added as part of a taxon swap

Photos / Sounds

What

Loroco (Echites panduratus)

Observer

oliverkomar

Date

September 22, 2019 10:18 AM CST

Description

A loroco plant was spotted by Carlos Lopez Manzano (showing the plant in the fourth photo). Flowers had the distinctive pungent smell and taste of loroco. A vine growing amid shrubbery at edge of Yeguare River (although often cultivated, there were no homesteads nearby).

Loroco - Photo (c) Alexis López Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis López Hernández
ivanyargueta's ID: Loroco (Fernaldia pandurata [inactive])
Added on September 23, 2019
Maverick
(Inactive Taxon)

Photos / Sounds

What

Nance (Byrsonima crassifolia)

Observer

oliverkomar

Date

June 9, 2019 05:50 PM CST

Description

A fairly large (tall) tree, about 20 meters tall, in front of the hotel. An old tree, dating from prior to hotel construction. Apparently native to the tropical rain forest in the Cangrejal valley.

Nance - Photo (c) Alfredo Dorantes Euan, all rights reserved, uploaded by Alfredo Dorantes Euan
ivanyargueta's ID: Nance (Byrsonima crassifolia)
Added on July 1, 2019
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