CHR 516821 – Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516821
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 August 1998
Database record updated:
27 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cascabela thevetica (L.) Lippold
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-11 (Verbatim: 11 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:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Avarua, above Takamoa College
Verbatim locality:
Avarua, above Takamoa College
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4943/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-11
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
On cliff base. Old relic of cultivation probably.
Notes:
Fruit 3.5-4 x 4-5 cm, ± very broadly rhombic, with a broad obtuse, carpellary ridge running round over top, glossy, bright green. No leaves or flowers collected. Seed 1.7-2 cm deep x 2.2-3.5 cm wide, brown, shaped like a "wing nut" screw.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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