Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38294

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Haematoxylon campechianum Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Guatemala TDWG Region Guatemala
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Guatemala
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 Oxford Univ Forest Herbariumx0Dx0A
Collector Hughes CE, Lewis GP Collector No 1273
Collection Notes Collection Date 01/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Flora of Guatemala. Department; Peten. About 7km east of the town of Santa Elena Close to the road running towards the Belize frontier at Ciudad Melchior on low hills a few km south of lago Peten Itza. Small tree to 10m ht with a compact, crown; dbh 45cm. Stem slightly fluted, bark light pinkish brown mottled grey with lichen. Foliage mid green slightly glossy above paler below. Flowers with a strong lemon fragrance, calyx deep maroon, petals pale lemon yellow, stamen filaments cream, a, nthers yellow, stigma bright yellow, ovary greenish. Unripe pods green strongly tinged pinkish red. Common scattered in secondary vegetation with Lysiloma, Alvaradoa and Calliandra.

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