CHR 495977 B – Carica papaya L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495977 B
Specimen type:
Vial (125)
Database record added:
14 January 2010
Database record updated:
14 January 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carica papaya L.
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-16 (Verbatim: 16 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 353/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-16
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Abandoned garden, frontage by road.Altitude: a few metres.
Notes:
Female. Very young tree; trunk scarcely developed. Leaves light green. Calyx lobes 5.5 mm, deltoid. Fleshy petals creamy white, 5.5-6 cm long, but strongly recurved and twisted in upper part, ± linear-oblong but upper part undulate. Stigmas pale, green, fleshy, 7-9 mm long, with finger-like processes. Fruit large, a typical pawpaw, ± oblong tapering towards apex, pendent, with 5 shallow rounded ribs. Probably spontaneous.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B (Spirit)
Spirit no.: 2-00037
Assigned reference numbers
Spirit Number Series 2:
2-00037
Permissions
Project permits
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