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.