Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 75928

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Plant Name 12.01 CAPPARACEAE Capparis pulcherrima Entry Book Number 15.1999
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Venezuela TDWG Region Venezuela
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Venezuela, Southern America, Northern South America, Curarigua
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size A Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Iltis HH, Ruiz T, Benitez de Rojas CE Collector No 30551
Collection Notes Collection Date 10/01/1991
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Only Venezuelan population, otherwise a local endemic of Cartagena, Colombia, disjunct some 600 km to the west cf Thriza Ruiz report in Ernstia 58:41-44, 1990. Much branched shrubs 2-3m tall, stems 4-8cm diam. at base, with dense dark green leaves, now c, overed with hundreds of inflorescences in bud, few flowers, but with gigantic, avocado like fruits, the seeds of which are reported to be poisonous. Region of deeply eroded desert badlands, in the foothills of the Sierra de Barbacoas, at the NE end of the, Venezuelan high Andes; valley of Rio Curarigua, vicinity of Caseraa Buena Vista, a very small settlement along highway 1 km NE of Curarigua (23 km SE of Carora.

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