CHR 516803 B – Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516803 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 May 2016
Database record updated:
19 May 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Syzygium cumini ?
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-11 (Verbatim: 11 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Avarua
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-21.2009 -159.772
Verbatim locality:
Avarua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4925/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-11
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated
Notes:
Tree 13-14 m high (once much larger) with stout trunk. Bark flaking, whitish beneath flakes. Leaves subcoriaceous, dark, dull green above; midrib white. Flowers white; stamens c. 8 mm. Fruit 12-16 x 8-10 mm ± broad cylindric, glossy, white, becoming rose-purple or deep purple, many remaining smaller, apparently all seedless. Flesh fairly sweet.
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, C (Fruit), D (Wood)
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