CHR 654493 A – Cassia fistula L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 654493 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 September 2018
Database record updated:
01 February 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cassia fistula L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-09 (Verbatim: 9 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Cassia fistula L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avarua, town centre
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avarua, Town Centre
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5415/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
9 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-09
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
In public green. Cultivated.
Notes:
Tree c. 7-8 m high, widespreading and with branchlets ± pendent often. Leaflets somewhat shining above. Racemes to at least 1 m long, pendulous and hanging below foliage crown often or at least partly so. Calyx light greenish-yellow; sepals c. 1.3 cm long, elliptic. Petals 2.8-3 x 1.8-2.3 cm, broadly elliptic to almost suborbicular, subequal, bright yellow; claw very short. Stamens and style curving upwards and falcate, subequal, latter deep green, former yellow.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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