CHR 467179 – Piper methysticum G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467179
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Piper methysticum
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-23 (Verbatim: 23-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Piper methysticum G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Piperales
Family:
Piperaceae
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:
Rarotonga, Avarua, W. Tschan's garden
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avarua, W. Tschan's garden
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3063/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-23
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated in semi shade.
Notes:
Sheets A,B,C. Shrub c.2m high. Habit open with soft, rather brittle stems. Leaves dull green above, pale below. Spikes narrow cylindric, white. Remains of fruiting spike showing orange discrete carpels. From a local source "up the valley".
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