CHR 516801 B – Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516801 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 May 2016
Database record updated:
19 May 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cascabela thevetica (L.) Lippold
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-10 (Verbatim: 10 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Matavera, Rarotonga
Verbatim locality:
Matavera
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4923/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Waste area, apparently wild.
Notes:
Bushy dense shrub 3-4 m high, tending to form a thicket by layering. Leaves dark glossy green above. Corolla golden, c. 5 cm long x 2.5-2.8 cm across the asymmetric upper part of the segments, these otherwise obovate and strongly imbricate, the corolla not opening widely. No fruits. A single large plant.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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