CHR 516557 B – Cassia fistula L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516557 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
13 April 2016
Database record updated:
13 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cassia fistula L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-04 (Verbatim: 4 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Cassia fistula L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Amuri Village boundary. Main Road
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Amuri Village boundary. Main Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4810/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Notes:
Tree 8-9 m high with stout trunk (probably once higher). Leaflets very bright pale green when young and drooping; mature leaflets glaucous beneath. Flowers in large pendulous racemes, bright yellow; larger 2 petals c. 3.5 x 2.5 cm, broad elliptic; smaller 3 petals c. 3 x 2 cm, elliptic. Stamens pale yellow; longer 3 nearly 4.5 cm long but curved forward. Style green, similarly recurved.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
