CHR 498758 B – Theobroma cacao
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498758 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 October 2014
Database record updated:
30 January 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Theobroma cacao
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-23 (Verbatim: 23 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Theobroma cacao
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Sterculiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Totokoitu, Research Station.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4072A/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-23
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated in moist volcanic soil in valley entrance.
Notes:
Small tree; fruit only collected, these cauliflorus, pendent, c.15 x 7 cm, orange, shallowly longitudinally ribbed; flesh mauve; seeds white.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheet A, B (Fruit)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
