Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 78980

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia placida Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Baja California Sur, Mexico
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size A Related Items
Donor Lewis GP Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Lewis GP, Hughes CE, Contrera JL. Collector No 2031
Collection Notes Collection Date 18/01/1992
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: SEE CARPOLIGICAL COLLECTIONx0Dx0ASEE TRANSPARENCY COLLECTIONx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes:x0Dx0ABaja California Sur.x0Dx0A5km E of La Paz on coastal road to Pichilingue.x0Dx0ALow cactus scrub on rocks above coast. With Desmanthus, Aeschynomene, Jatropha, Bursera microphylla.x0Dx0A24°, 12'N, 110°17'Wx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ALocally common, multiple-stemmed shrub, 1.5-2.5m. Bark dark grey, smooth. Leaf and inflorescence rachises reddish. Leaflets mid-green, fleshy, the margins pinkish red glandular. Flowers faintly scented. Sepals scarlet fading to yellow, w, ith red, stipitate glands. Petals bright yellow, dorsal faces, especially of standard, with orangish mushroom0shaped glands. Friuts explosively dehiscent, pale brown, glandular, valves twist after dehiscence.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AWOOD, PHOTOS, FLOWERS IN FAA.x0Dx0ADupls.: MEXU, :Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; FCME.

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