CHR 499062 B – Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499062 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
31 July 2015
Database record updated:
31 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Abutilon indicum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-30 (Verbatim: 30 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Motu Tauhunu, Tauhunu Village
Verbatim locality:
Motu Tauhunu, Tauhunu Village.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 4373/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
30 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-30
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Manihiki
Habitat:
Waste place in open Cocos grove, amongst young regenerating Morinda.
Notes:
Shrub to c.1 m high; stems becoming long and flexible, arching over when mature. Leaves soft and downy, rather grey-green beneath. A small number of plants over 10 - 20 square metres. Corolla 3.5-4 cm across, saucer-shaped, orange; petals 2.2-2.5 cm long x 2.5 cm wide, very broadly obovate, strongly imbricate. Capsule flattened vertically, 1.6-1.8 cm across, with c. 25 carpel segments, blackish, appearing almost truncate across top.
Observed species:
Morinda citrifolia
Cocos nucifera
Cocos nucifera
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
