CHR 515284 – Cinnamomum verum
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515284
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 March 1998
Database record updated:
12 December 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cinnamomum verum
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2016-12-12 (Verbatim: 12 Dec 2016)
Preferred name:
Cinnamomum verum
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Laurales
Family:
Lauraceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Sykes WR, 2016: Cook Island Flora p.676
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-08-09 (Verbatim: 9 Aug 1995)
Preferred name:
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Avarua, ridge west of Ngatipa
Verbatim locality:
Avarua, ridge west of Ngatipa
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4644/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23 Apr 1995
Start date:
1995-04-23
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
On ridge, fairly open, in mixed secondary forest.
Notes:
Tree c. 10 m high with stout trunk and fairly dense canopy. Leaves deep shining green above with pale midrib and two laterals; lower surface glaucescent. Fruit c. 1 cm long, cylindric, black. Saplings abundant.
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