CHR 516709 – Eugenia uniflora L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516709
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 July 1998
Database record updated:
26 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Eugenia uniflora L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-08 (Verbatim: 8 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Eugenia uniflora L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, behind Avarua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, behind Avarua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4888/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
8 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-08
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Probably wild, stream bank with houses in vicinity. Cocos canopy.
Notes:
Shrub or small tree with several trunks and smaller stems from base, 4-5 m high. Leaves dark shining green above, not very aromatic when bruised. Fruit pendant, 2.5-3 cm across, c. 2 cm deep; outline rounded but with 8 large rounded ribs, glossy scarlet at full maturity. Seed 1, from suborbicular to broad ellipsoid, cream. A few plants in vicinity.
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