CHR 360983 – Euphorbia atropurpurea
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 360983
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 March 2008
Database record updated:
02 May 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Euphorbia atropurpurea Brouss. ?
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2011-05-06 (Verbatim: 6-5-2011)
Preferred name:
Euphorbia atropurpurea
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Euphorbiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Euphorbia sp.
Determiner:
G.P. Buelow
Identification date:
1979-01-30 (Verbatim: 30/1/1979)
Preferred name:
Euphorbia L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Vava'u, Tefisi in yard
Verbatim locality:
Vava'u, Tefisi in yard
Verbatim collector:
G.P. Buelow 1014
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
6/7/1978
Start date:
1978-07-06
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Planted for medical purposes, also somewhat ornamental.
Notes:
Small sparsely foliaged and branched tree; about 3.5 m tall; lvs chewed for toothache; abundant milky latex sap; only one seen; lvs green or purplish, petioles and many branches of infl. purple, fls reddish, stem somewhat succulent. Tongan name: toto
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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Project permits
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