CHR 498968 A – Cocos nucifera L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498968 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 June 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cocos nucifera
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-21 (Verbatim: 21 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Cocos nucifera L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arecales
Family:
Palmae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Motu Atutahi, Lagoon shore
Verbatim locality:
Motu Atutahi, Lagoon shore.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4283/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-21
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Habitat:
Cocos forest margin.
Notes:
Tree 7-8 m high, mostly higher. Trunk annular-ringed. Foliage in terminal crowns; leaves many metres long, arching downwards; pinnae numerous, coriaceous, shining green especially above. Midrib cream. Inflorescence cream, including perianth and young fruits. Flowers fragrant. Specimen represents a typical Penrhyn coconut. Other forms are present but on motus such as Atutahi, the form represented by this colletion is dominant or perhaps the only one present. Usually 15-20 m high. Cymba inflorescence sheath 50-55 x 9.5-10.5 cm, ± elliptic, hard. perianth segments firm, but soon recurving, 8-9 mm x 3-4 mm, lanceolate, the flower soon falling. Young fruits cream. Mature nuts 35-40 cm usually x 20-25 cm, ± ovoid-oblong with shallow rounded ribs, green until maturity; husks thick and fibrous. Liquid inside at this stage = "nu" stage, sweet and eminently potable.
Observed species:
Cocos nucifera
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B, C (Fruit)
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