CHR 474868 B – Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474868 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 December 1999
Database record updated:
28 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus maxima (Rumph. ex Burm.) Merr.
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
1999-11-08 (Verbatim: 8-11-1999)
Preferred name:
Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1991-09-10 (Verbatim: 10-Sep-1991)
Preferred name:
Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck
Active:
no
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, Titikaveka, by Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka, by Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3984/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5-Aug-1991
Start date:
1991-08-05
Country:
Cook Islands
Notes:
Citrus plantation, cultivated on red volcanic soil. Large spreading shrub or small tree with smooth, rather mottled light and dark bark, not collected. Leaves dark shining green above, scarcely aromatic when bruised. Fruit large to very large, varying from somewhat flattened and rounded to very broad ovate (obovoid presumably: W.R. Sykes 8/11/1999) and from c. 8-14cm across when mature, yellow; skin thick, to c. 1.5cm thick; flesh pale translucent greenish-yellow, fairly sweet. See fruit collection. Sheets A to B (fruit).
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