CHR 498923 – Capsicum frutescens L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498923
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 August 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Capsicum frutescens L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-15 (Verbatim: 15 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Capsicum frutescens L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4238/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Notes:
Shrub nearly 2 m high and with fairly dense habit. Leaves membranous, rather light green (plant sickly because of soil factors and mealy bug). Corolla white; lobes 2-3 mm long. Fruit erect, 1.7-2 cm x 6-7 mm, cylindric-obconic, glossy scarlet.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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