CHR 655578 A – Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655578 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 January 2019
Database record updated:
18 September 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-11 (Verbatim: 11 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ebenales
Family:
Sapotaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka area, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5470/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-11
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Small, dense, widespreading tree c. 5 m high, with copious latex. Leaves dark shining green above. Flower buds as well as young shoots, rusty brown. Sepals 0.8-1 cm long, ovate, rusty outside. Corolla white, c. 1 cm long, broad cylindric. Fruit pendent when mature. to c. 8 x 6 cm, broad ellipsoid and often slightly flattened laterally, russet brown; flesh whitish (said to become very sweet). Seed black and glossy, c. 2.5 x 1.3 cm, laterally flattened.
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 C
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