CHR 498788 A – Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498788 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
23 January 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-26 (Verbatim: 26 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Citrus ×sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Takuvaine Valley, east side
Verbatim locality:
Takuvaine Valley, east side.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4102/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
26 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-26
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Open modified forest of mainly adventive species. Understorey.
Notes:
Small (young) tree a few metres high. Shoots strongly angular when young, dark green. Leaves dark green above, glossy, orange-scented (almost mandarin-like). Flowers very fragrant, white, petals 1.9-2.2 cm x 7-10 mm, ± oblong and asymmetric. Fruit 6.5-7 x 7-8 cm across (1 only available) skin shining green and rather rough, depressed globose, flesh pale orange, semi-sweet. Seeds large. Fruit from another tree in valley, 8-9 cm across, c. 7 cm deep, dark shining green when collected, and thus still immature. This orange is the "anari Maori" and said to be the original one introduced to Rarotonga.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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