CHR 609666 A – Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 609666 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 May 2010
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2007-07-12 (Verbatim: 12 Jul 2007)
Preferred name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Viti Levu, Colo-i-Suva, Princes Road
Verbatim locality:
Viti Levu, Colo-i-Suva, Princes Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 109/07
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
12 Jul 2007
Start date:
2007-07-12
Country:
Fiji
Habitat:
In ditch and on side above, former very moist.
Notes:
Rhizomatous plant with long rhizomes and spreading up bank. Young leaves glaucous flushed purple; mature leaves dark purplish-green above and pale glaucous beneath; petioles purple, especially upper half. Sterile. A single patch. Apparently a cultivar used only as a leaf vegetable.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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