CHR 466979 – Averrhoa carambola L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 466979
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
21 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Averrhoa carambola
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-21 (Verbatim: 21-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Averrhoa carambola L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Oxalidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Is, Rarotonga, Totokoitu
Verbatim locality:
Cook Is, Rarotonga, Totokoitu
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3030/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-21
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Habitat:
Cultivated for trial.
Notes:
Small tree 4-5m high with dense habit. Leaves shining reddish-brown when young; leaflets drooping, very membranous. Flowers pink; petals 6-7mm, obovate; claws +/- forming atube; lobes spreading. Fruit acutely 5-angled, very glossy, elongated, becoming orange. Flesh pleasantly acid.
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