CHR 473862 – Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 473862
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sweet
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1991-07-01 (Verbatim: 1-JUL-1991)
Preferred name:
Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, near Tupapa, Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, near Tupapa, Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3461/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2-AUG-1990
Start date:
1990-08-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 60m
Habitat:
Roadside hedge bordering plantation.
Notes:
Vine, climbing over shrubs. Flowers greenish-white; petals 8-9mm long, ovate (i.e. male flowers). Fruit immature, pendent, largest c.6cm long, grooved, widest towards end, occasional prickle. A small patch.
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