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Helicostylis heterotricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is a tree native to the western Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It grows in lowland Amazon rainforest up to 1,000 metres elevation.
The species was described by Adolpho Ducke in 1932.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helicostylis heterotricha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
