CHR 516738 C – Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516738 C
Specimen type:
Bag
Database record added:
19 May 2016
Database record updated:
19 May 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-10 (Verbatim: 10 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4912/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Notes:
Open shrub 2.5-3 m high with a few main branches, thorns only on these and sparse usually. Flowers in erect panicles, uniformly yellow. The yellow form seems to be commonest on Rarotonga now. Corolla with 4 main petals c. 2.2 x 1.5 cm, with very broad and undulating limb, small fifth petal c. 1.8 x 0.6 cm including claw c. 1.2 cm long. Stamens to 7 cm long. Pods pendent. Leaflets glaucescent beneath.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B, C (Fruit)
Permissions
Project permits
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