CHR 642933 B – Musa troglodytarum
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 642933 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 August 2017
Database record updated:
16 August 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Musa troglodytarum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-08-06 (Verbatim: 6 Aug 2000)
Preferred name:
Musa troglodytarum
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Musaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Takuvaine Valley, eastern slope
Verbatim locality:
Takuvaine Valley, eastern slope
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5188/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 Aug 2000
Start date:
2000-08-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
In small side valley, amongst tall trees of modified forest.
Notes:
Giant soboliferous herb c. 3-4 m high with dark purple sheats. Trunk with purple sap. Leaves like a typical banana, several metres long. Fruit in erect clusters above leaves, eventually turning orange and with bright yellow flesh, 15-17 x 4.5-5.5 cm across side of greatest width, 3-4-angled. Edible raw and cooked. A considerable number of trees in the vicinity. Rarotongan name: uaku.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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