CHR 515857 A – Derris
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515857 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 November 1998
Database record updated:
03 May 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Derris trifoliata
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-27 (Verbatim: 27 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Derris
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongatapu, Kolovai area, opposite Meneisinimani (north-facing coast)
Verbatim locality:
Tongatapu, Kolovai area, opposite Meneisinimani (north-facing coast)
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1193/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-27
Country:
Tonga
Abundance:
Common
Habitat:
Coastal forest, low and with many canopy gaps.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Liane, low climber with very tough wiry shoots. Leaflets glossy, dark green. Calyx greenish-brown, almost truncate. Corolla pale pink flushed outside, white inside; standard petal c. 6 x 8 mm, ± suborbicular, but tending reniform, recurving. Wings c. 8 mm long.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
