Trees of Cloudbridge

Sloanea ampla (Peina de mica, monkey's comb)

Description: [major features]

Natural history: [natural history and ecology features including relations with mammals, birds, insects, epiphytes and vines, other trees, growing conditions, seasonal changes, etc]

Distribution: [where found in general, in the Chirripo area, and on Cloudbridge}

How to recognize: [main features of shape, location, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit that help with eyeball recognition, and specific features that help to distinguish this tree from others]

Uses: [Whetherand how the wood is used, medicinal uses, role in farms and plantations, endangered status]

Sources and Links:
INBio description
SysTax
and others

Scientific Information:

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Malvales

Family: Elaeocarpaceae

Species: Sloanea ampla

Photo Identification Guide: Sloanea Ampla (Peña de mico, monkey's comb)

Leaves. Leaves are big.

Flowers. Flowers are ...

Fruit and Seeds. Fruits are spiky

Trunk. The bark is mottled.

Form. The shape of the tree

Saplings. Even the saplings have huge sun-grabbing leaves.

Other. Twigs, etc ...

Notes/Notas:

Arbolito de 5 m. Frutos inmaduros verde
amarillo.

Arbol de 11 m x 42 cm DAP. Frutos rojo
oscuro, interior rojo claro; semillas
con arilo anaranjado.

Estípulas
deciduas. Sépalos y pistilo rojos,

Frutos
inmaduros verde amarillo, maduros rojos.
Se observan gran cantidad de frutos

Petioles to
9 cm, blades to 30 cm. Fruit immature,
yellow green, 6 cm diam, spines to
3.5 cm. Stipules 3.5 cm.
secos bajo el árbol.
estambres amarillos.

Arbol de 35 m x 110 cm DAP, en orilla
de bosque. Frutos rojos.

Arbol de 25 m x 41 cm DAP, en bosque
primario. Frutos verde-crema.

Cloudbridge: Bridging a Costa Rican cloud forest

Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Elaeocarpaceae
Species:	Sloanea ampla