CHR 474896 B – Eugenia uniflora L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474896 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
28 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Eugenia uniflora L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1991-08-07 (Verbatim: 7-Aug-1991)
Preferred name:
Eugenia uniflora L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
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, Totokoitu
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 4012/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7-Aug-1991
Start date:
1991-08-07
Country:
Cook Islands
Notes:
Large shrub. Leaves dark glossy green above, aromatic when bruised. Flowers white; petals c. 10mm long x 5mm wide, oblanceolate, ± concave, directed backwards. Stamens 7-9mm long; filaments white. Fruit 2-2.5 long x 2.5-3cm across, with 8 obtuse lobes, glossy scarlet; flesh the same colour, aromatic rather acid but pleasant to taste. Seed with chlorophyll. Sheets A to B (fruit)
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