Margaritaria nobilis L. f. (Euphorbiaceae)

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Perez, D., Guadamuz, A., Espinoza, R., Chavarría, F. and Masís, A. 1998. Margaritaria nobilis (Euphorbiaceae) Species Page, September 21, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Shrub 3-4 meters tall.

Flower:

Fruit:

View of cross section	Lateral view
Frontal view	View of the fruits on the branch

Light green, they have eight visible divisions, cream colored seed, with a transparent green aril covering each of the 8 seeds individually.

Leaves:

Upper surface in detail	Under surface in detail
Upper surface	Leaf arrangement

Simple alternate, eliptical form 5.5-13 cm long with entire margins and a flat, smooth surface, petiole 0.5 cm long and flat on one side.

Bark and wood:

Light brown and smooth.

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the Santa Rosa sector on the Cafetal trail, 1.5-2 kilometers from the main enterance.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA. We would especially like to thank Daniel H. Janzen for the taxonomic identification of this species.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

Literature cited.