CHR 498927 – Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498927
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 August 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus aurantifolia
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-15 (Verbatim: 15 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
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 4242/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Notes:
Dense, small tree 2.5-3 m high and with a ± rounded crown. Trunk smooth. Leaves dark green, scarcely shining, lime-scented when bruised. Spines present on vegetative shoots and main branches, especially lower down. Fruit dark shining green, subglobose, usually slightly flattened vertically, c. 2.7 cm long x 3 cm wide (probably not quite mature because fruits on other trees slightly larger, c. 3.5 cm); flesh green and acid to taste. "Limes are common Penrhyn and easily the most successful Citrus".
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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