CHR 658672 – Psidium guajava L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 658672
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 March 2020
Database record updated:
08 April 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Psidium guajava L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-06 (Verbatim: 6 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Psidium guajava L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avatiu, Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avatiu, by Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5580/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Isolated tree, by drainage ditch, ?cultivation relic.
Notes:
Small tree 3-4 m high with smooth pinkish-brown trunk. Fruit size very variable, c. 8.5 x 7.8 cm, very broadly oblong-ellipsoid or subglobose, yellow, very aromatic; flesh pink, sweet. Seeds whitish, 3-4 mm across, broadly subreniform, ± laterally flattened. A typical semi-wild guava.
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