CHR 496075 B – Syzygium P.Browne ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496075 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 November 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Syzygium cuminii
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-21 (Verbatim: 21 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Syzygium P.Browne ex Gaertn.
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:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Papeete, Arue, Orstom Campus
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Papeete, Arue, Orstom Campus
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 451/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-21
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Large tree c. 14-15 m high with big trunk. Bark light grey, deep red beneath. Branchlets ± pendulous. Leaves shining above, midrib and petiole yellowish-green, the leaf aromatic when crushed. Many fruits small and abortive, some fully formed. 1) Fully-formed fruits: 2.5-3 cm long, ± broadly oblong-ellipsoid, pink, becoming black, with flesh sweet. 2) Abortive fruits: 1.2 - 1.5 cm long, oblong-ellipsoid or ellipsoid, colour and taste as in fully formed fruits.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B, C (Wood)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
