CHR 500274 – Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 500274
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 June 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1994-11-22 (Verbatim: 22-NOV-1994)
Preferred name:
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Euphorbiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
near Hut, Denham Bay, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Verbatim locality:
Raoul Island, Denham Bay, near Hut
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 1779/K
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22-NOV-1994
Start date:
1994-11-22
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
By track through modified Metrosideros forest.
Notes:
Tree 8-9m high, somewhat leaning. Very young leaves with brown indumentum; mature leaves shining. Inflorescence pale fawn puberulent. Petals white or cream, 6-7mm long, elliptic to oblanceolate, eventually spreading. Stamens forming small tuft at entrance to short pseudotube. Fruit 3.5-4cm diameter, broad obovoid or subglobose, scurfy. See fruit collection. Sheets A - E.
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