Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79149

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia cacalaco Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Puebla, Mexico
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, Hughes CE, Contreras Jimenéz JL. Collector No 1789
Collection Notes Collection Date 22/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Collecting notes: Mexico: Pubela: Upper Tehuacan Valleyt, 2km south of Tehuacan Valley, 2 km south of Tehuacan on road to Teotitlan del Camino and Oaxaca.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AHighly degraded waste land.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AAssociated species: Prosopsis laevigata, Leucaena esculenta, Cerci, dium sp., Schinus molle.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ALarge tree to 11 m. DBH 45cm. Bark brown, fissured, main trunk with a few warty protuberances. Young branches with spine-tipped woody protuberances. Slash of bark reddish-brown, slash wood pinkish cream. Open crown with much cr, oss-branching and terminal branches ± pendulous. Foliage discolourous, darker above. Immature fruit cream or greenish tinged pink or red. Seeds hard, greenish.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AMany trees in the local area, especially along a small stream, apparently not planted by man, but protected for human use. Some older specimens with strips of bark removed and apparently ''used for kidney complaints''/ Wood hard. Common name: ''Chalala''.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AWOOD SAMPLEx0Dx0ABARK SAMPLEx0Dx0ADUPLICATES: FCME, MEXU (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, )

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