CHR 607843 A – Freycinetia arborea Gaudich.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 607843 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 January 2010
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Freycinetia arborea Gaudich.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-16 (Verbatim: 16 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Freycinetia arborea Gaudich.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Pandanales
Family:
Pandanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Te Kou, summit plateau
Verbatim locality:
Te Kou, summit plateau
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5541
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-16
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 600m
Habitat:
In small patch of low remnant forest.
Notes:
Lianoid or suberect shrubby plant; stems very twisted and to several metres long. Leaves generally in terminal rosettes, glossy on both sides, subcoriaceous. Fruiting inflor. ± erect, to c. 9.5 cm long x 2-2.5 cm, thick, broad cylindric, bright orange-red. (individual fruits) fleshy and viscid, 6-8 mm long, ± oblong. Seeds 3-4 mm long. Very common on Te Kou.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to D (Spirit)
Spirit no.: 3-00013
Voucher:
Leaf material removed for textile fibre studies at the Otago University. (Janice Lord, OTA)
Ines Schöenberger, 14 Jan 2015
Ines Schöenberger, 14 Jan 2015
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