CHR 507766 – Ficus obliqua G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 507766
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
31 January 2020
Database record updated:
05 February 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ficus obliqua Forst.f.
Determiner:
G.P. Buelow
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Ficus obliqua G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Urticales
Family:
Moraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tonga, Kao
Verbatim locality:
Tonga, Kao
Verbatim collector:
G.P. Buelow 2955
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
26 Jul 1982
Start date:
1982-07-26
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Forest; large number of large Casuarina; other large domiant trees toi and tamanu
Notes:
Medium size trees strangling toa tree sending down numerous roots around it; ripe fruits orange; white sap present; occassional in forest.
Tongan name: ovava.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Stem / bark samples removed for comaprison of fibres with those present in tapa artefacts.
Catherine Smith, University of Otago, 5 Nov 2015
Catherine Smith, University of Otago, 5 Nov 2015
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