CHR 495939 D – Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495939 D
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 October 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Determiner:
J. Florence
Identification date:
1992-05-14 (Verbatim: 14 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, valley behind Vaiuru
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, valley behind Vaiuru
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 315/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-14
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 130m
Habitat:
Valley bottom, base of cascade on volcanic dyke. Wet place.
Notes:
Rhizomatous plant, the rhizomes fairly thick, although not as much as cultivars grown for the "tubers". `Fafa' is a leaf taro used for "ruku". Plants able to ascend the margins of the cascades etc., by long slender brown "runners". Leaves to c. 75 x 47 cm, and c. 60 cm from apex of lamina to sinus. Lamina glaucous, lacking red spot above petiole insertion. Common or very common in these restricted areas of swamp or wet ground below dripping rocks.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to D
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