CHR 516718 A – Manihot esculenta Crantz
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516718 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 July 1998
Database record updated:
13 May 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-09 (Verbatim: 9 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Euphorbiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Arorangi, Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Arorangi, Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4892/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
9 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-09
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Culitvated in plantation of the species.
Notes:
Shrubs c. 2 m high, with raised knobby nodes. Petioles purple. Leaf lamina glaucous beneath. Flowers pendent at anthesis, c. 7-8 mm long, whitish-green, pink-flushed sometimes. Fruit on purple pedicels, ± pendent, c. 2 x 2 cm, broadly ellipsoid-ovoid, ± glaucous; ribs 6 acute. Common cultivar.
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 B
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