Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38297

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Pterocarpus rohrii Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Mexico, Chiapas
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 University Forest Herbariumx0Dx0A
Collector Hughes CE, Lewis GP Collector No 1294
Collection Notes Collection Date 09/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: In the central depression of Chiapas close to the road running from Tuxtla Gutierrez towards the small town of Villa de Acala on the N side of the Rio Grijalva, about 18km east of Tuxtla. Large tree to 20m ht., forked near the ball base wi, th heavy branching; dbh 60cm. Bark mid grey brown, flaking in shaggy strips, inner bark green, bark slash deep pinkish red, exuding blood red sap. Leaves recently flushed and immature, mid green glossy above. Heavy crop of unripe fruits, pale yellow gre, en and glossy. Infrequent or rare along stream banks in an area of highly degraded dry deciduous forest with Ceiba, Acacia, Leucaena, Piscidia, Enterolobium and Swietenia.

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