CHR 508852 – Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 508852
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 April 1996
Database record updated:
17 December 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carissa aff. macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.
Determiner:
Sykes WR (provisional)
Identification date:
1995-06-01 (Verbatim: 1-JUN-1995)
Preferred name:
Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Mount Albert Research Centre, 120 Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.890167 174.726167
Verbatim locality:
Auckland, Mount Albert, Mount Albert Research Centre
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 79/95
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
18-MAY-1995
Start date:
1995-05-18
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated in sunny site.
Notes:
Low spreading spiny shrub, stems 70-80cm high. Leaves coriaceous, deep shining green above. Flowers fragrant; white lobes 1.5cm long, ± oblanceolate. Fruit almost globose, becoming rose, probably mainly c.2.5cm diameter, nearly all still green and immature.
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