Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79170

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia sp. Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood and bark Geography Description Guerrero, Mexico
Uses Wood and barkUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Forest Herbarium Oxford, University of Oxford Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Macqueen DJ, Contreras JL, Lewis G, Nileshwar A Collector No 428
Collection Notes Collection Date 10/02/1992
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Forest Herbarium Oxfordx0Dx0ASEE HERBARIUM MATERIALx0Dx0ASEE SPIRIT COLLECTIONx0Dx0AFlora of Mexicox0Dx0AState: Guerrerox0Dx0ACollecting notes: ON the road from Chilpancingo to Machitlan, 4km from the main Chipancingo-Acapulco road in a valley.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0A3-4m spindly tree with scan, dent branches and gunmetal green/grey bark covered in white pustulate lenticels. It can be multiple or single stemmed, the young stems being waxy. The bark slash is pale and has a smell of green beans. The leaves are slightly discolourous, mid blue/green, above and pale beneath. Leaf rachis is tinged purple on its upper surface. Pods are long, green and unripe, and with a reddening suture on the upper side. Seeds are slightly heart shaped and pale yellow. Flowers are in terminal racemes of various size. Bu, ds are green yellow. The calyx is green and the petals yellow with yellow glands on the outer surface. There are grooves on the outer surface of the wings and keel. The anther filaments are yellow and white haired, while the style is green.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AGrowing wit, h Acacia, Lysiloma spp.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ADuplicates: EAP, FHO (Forest Herbarium Oxford), K (RBG Kew), MEXU (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AAssociated material: Photos Woodx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollected under ODA project number R.4585

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