Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38315

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Diphysa sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Mexico, Oaxaca
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, Contreras JL Collector No 1337
Collection Notes Collection Date 26/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Close to the main road running west from Puerto Escondido towards Pinotepa Nacional near the small village of San Isidro Llano Grande which lies about 40 km west of Puerto Escondido on narrow coastal plains south of the Sierra Madra del Sur, about 5km inland from the Pacific coast. Small multiple stemmed tree to 7m ht. with a narrow crown. Bark mid grey brown with reddish brown outer bark gradually flaking off in papery strips. Tree almost leafless, a few leaves persistent on basal respro, uts, slightly discolourous, mid yellow green slightly glossy above, paler below. Heavy crop of ripe inflated pale straw yellow pods. Frequent, scattered in dry secondary thorn forest with Acacia, Caesalpinia, Prosopis, Piscidia and Gliricidia.

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