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Research and Conservation in Southern Sonora, Mexico

Lonchocarpus hermannii (nesco)


Lonchocarpus hermannii flowering in May near Alamos, Sonora. Photo: S.A. Meyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two images above: The sinewy appearance of Lonchocarpus hermannii trunks and major limbs is caused by coalesced invaginations which are diagnostic of this species. Photos: left: Mark Dimmitt; right: S.A. Meyer

 


Lonchocarpus hermannii cultivated from near Alamos, Sonora. Photo: Mark Dimmitt
Lonchocarpus hermannii flowering in April near Alamos, Sonora. Photo: S.A. Meyer

 

 


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