CHR 498925 B – Ficus carica L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498925 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 May 2015
Database record updated:
18 August 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ficus carica L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-15 (Verbatim: 15 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Ficus carica L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Urticales
Family:
Moraceae
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 4240/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Abundance:
Rare
Abundance:
Rare
Notes:
Small tree 2.5-3 m high, with stout branches spreading widely and rather stiffly. Leaves dark green above and dull, with whitish main veins. Syconium 4-4.5 cm long and 5-5.5 x 4-4.5 cm acoss the top, ± broad ovoid but flattened laterally and rather oblique at base. Carpels bright pink (inside) and sweet; skin becoming shining purple; outside dark red. Penrhyn name mona mona, literally sweet and beautiful.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
