CHR 467868 – Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467868
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
21 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ficus macrophylla Pers.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-04-11 (Verbatim: 11-APR-1990)
Preferred name:
Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Urticales
Family:
Moraceae
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, Avatiu, by Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avatiu, by Ara Tapu.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3380/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10-FEB-1990
Start date:
1990-02-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Immense tree with prominent buttresses, c. 25m high. Leaves dark green above, mediumgreen below. Fruit generally pink with pale green flecks, 13-16mm long, broadellipsoid-ovoid, collected from ground below. This tree is almost certainly the type of Ficus rarotongensis Summerhayes.
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