Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38288

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Leucaena confertiflora Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Mexico, Puebla
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Lewis GP Donor No
Donor Date 00/09/1989 Donor Notes Forest Herb Oxford Univx0Dx0A
Collector Hughes CE Collector No 1319
Collection Notes Collection Date 14/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: On the western flanks of the Sierra Mazateca overlooking the Tehuacan valley close to the road running ENE from Teotitlan del Camino towards Huautia about 17km from Teotitlan near the border between Puebla and Oaxaca. Small shrubby multiple, -stemmed tree to 2m ht. Bark smooth mid grey and slightly shiny. Flowers at all stages from buds to immature developing ovaries; calyx and corolla green tinged deep purple at tips stamen filaments dirty cream white, anthers purple, style white and protrud, ing beyond stamens. Locally common, a few scattered trees in degraded dry thorn scrub with Acacia and Quercus.

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