CHR 495966 E – Carica papaya L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495966 E
Specimen type:
Vial (125)
Database record added:
15 January 2010
Database record updated:
15 January 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carica papaya L.
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-15 (Verbatim: 15 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Carica papaya L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Caricaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, west Anatonu
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, west Anatonu
Verbatim collector:
WR Sykes 342/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-15
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Abandoned garden. Cultivation relic.Altitude: a few metres.
Notes:
Male. Small tree 3-4 m high, with very large horizontally positioned palmately lobed leaves. Surface of trunk irregular bcause of large leaf scars. Flowers white; tube tinged green, 2.5-2.7 cm; lobes 1.2-1.4 cm long, rather twisted and asymmetrical, the lobes turning the same way. Specimen of flowers in spirit collection.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to E (Spirit)
Spirit no.: 2-00015
Assigned reference numbers
Spirit Number Series 2:
2-00015
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
