CHR 474416 – Cestrum nocturnum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474416
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
11 October 2007
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cestrum nocturnum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1991-07-16 (Verbatim: 16 Jul 1991)
Preferred name:
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Takuvaine Valley
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
21.2667 S 159.7705 W
Verbatim locality:
Takuvaine Valley
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3608/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16 Jul 1991
Start date:
1991-07-16
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Valley bottom, margin of dense stand of adventive scrub forest.
Notes:
Shrub 2-2.5m high, open habit. Leaves dark green above, not foetid when bruised. Fruit 8-10mm long, glossy white, broadly oblong to almost square. Abundant and one of the worst weeds in the inland and montane parts of Rarotonga.
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