Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38311

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Lonchocarpus guatemalensis Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country El Salvador TDWG Region El Salvador
Parts Held Wood Geography Description El Salvador, Sonsonate Department
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 Universityx0Dx0A
Collector Hughes CE, Lewis GP, Berendsohn W, Villacorta R Collector No 1230
Collection Notes Collection Date 16/02/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Close to the main road from San Salvador towards Sonsonate about 44km south-west of the town of Izalco. Small branchy tree to 3m ht. Bark smooth mid grey with a strong odour of garden peas and onion when cut. Leaves mainly shed, a few mature leaves persis, tent on tree, flushing with mostly immature leaves. Abundant flowers attracting a range of small bees; calyx reddish, standard petal white tinged lilac with yellow-green blotch at the base, keel petals white tinged deep purple at the tip. Isolated roadsid, e tree in a heavily populated area with highly degraded secondary vegetation and few trees such as Cordia dentata and mango.

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