Wood and bark - Specimen details

Wood and bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79332

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Prosopis palmeri 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 Forest Herbarium Oxford Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Hughes CE, with Contreras JL & Lewis GP Collector No 1553
Collection Notes Collection Date 23/01/1992
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: SEE HERBARIUM MATERIALx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AFOREST HERBARIUM OXFORDx0Dx0AUNIVERSITY OF OXFORDx0Dx0AOXFORD x0Dx0AUKx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AFlora of MEXICOx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AState: Baja California Surx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes: About 1km WNW of the town of Villa Insurgentes close to the main road running NE towards Loreto, on, waste ground in an old car dump on the outskirts of town.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASmall multiple-stemmed branchy tree with a spreading crown to 5m ht. Bark smooth mid grey when young becoming vertically fissured with age, inner bark greenish. Leaves whitish glaucous grey gree, n, with many small reddish green galls. Spicate inflorescence. Flowers strongly scented, calyx and corolla greenish yellow, stamens and style bright lemon yellow, anthers creamy yellow. A few unripe pods, glaucous pale yellow green.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AInfrequent on waste, ground with Parkinsonia, Cercidium, Tamarix, and Parthenium.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AAssociated material: Photos Woodx0Dx0ADuplicates: BAFC, FHO(Forest Herbarium Oxford), K(RBG Kew), MEXU(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), MO (Missouri Botanical Gardens), NY(New York Bota, nical Gardens)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollected under project R4524 of the UK Overseas Development Admin.

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