Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79110

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia nipensis Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cuba TDWG Region Cuba
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Holguin, Cuba
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Lewis GP Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Lewis GP, Allkin R, López et al. Collector No 1838
Collection Notes Collection Date 07/07/1990
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: SEE SPIRIT COLLECTIONx0Dx0ASEE HERBARIUM MATERIALx0Dx0ASEE TRANSPARENCY COLLECTIONx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes: Cuba: Holguin Province, Sierra del Cristal just south of Levisa.x0Dx0AScree slope on site of 17 year old nickel and cobalt strip mine. Alt. 40m ca. 75°32'W 20°38'N, x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AShrub to small tree, 1-10m, often multiple-stemmed, trunk diam. ca. 5cm (often similar in habit to C. eriostachys from Central America and Mexico). Wood hard and dense. Bark dark brown. Leaflets dark green, glossy above, paler below. Flowers yellow, s, tandard with orange-red net veins. Fruit gren maturing brown. Flowers visited by Cuban Emerald Hummingbird (taking nectar) and Yellow-faced Grassquit (probably taking insects).

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