CHR 498804 – Muntingia calabura L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498804
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
21 October 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Muntingia calabura
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-02 (Verbatim: 2 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Muntingia calabura L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Elaeocarpaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4119/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-02
Land District:
Penrhyn
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Open coconut grove near church, ?cultivation relic.
Notes:
Large shrub c. 3 m high with ± horizontal branches. Bark very tough. Petioles and veins beneath lamina pale yellowish-green, latter elevated beneath. Leaves appearing distichous. Flowers white; petals 10-12 x c. 9 mm broad obovate or almost rhombic, rather caducous. Calyx pale yellowish. Fruit on pendent pedicels, globose, 11-15 mm diamtere, shining rose; flesh whitish, edible. A few plants only. Apparently wild.
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