CHR 637520 B – Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637520 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 July 2016
Database record updated:
08 July 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-07-21 (Verbatim: 21 Jul 2000)
Preferred name:
Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ara Tapu, Tupapa, Kiikii Road junction
Verbatim locality:
Ara Tapu, Tupapa, Kiikii Road junction
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4992/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Jul 2000
Start date:
2000-07-21
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
In small depression, by papaw plantation.
Notes:
Soft-wooded shrub to c. 2.5 m high, almost forming a thicket because of spreading habit. Leaves very soft, glossy dark green above. Flowers light yellow, very fragile and almost dissolved by alcohol. Sepals (2)-2.5-3 cm long, ovate-acuminate, twisted; petals 6-8 x 5-6 cm, very broadly obovate, somewhat asymmetric, strongly imbricate with dark reddish basal blotch. Column 3.2-3.5 cm long; stamens white. Style and stigmas dark purple. Common cultivar, used as spinach.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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