Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 38290

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Plant Name 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Calliandra houstoniana Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Mexico, Chiapas
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Lewis GP Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1989 Donor Notes
Collector Hughes CE Collector No 1351
Collection Notes Collection Date 31/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Close to the track running north from the small town of Francisco I Madero towards the village of Adolfo Lopez Mateos in the hills about 20 km north of the town of Sintalapa de Figueroa. Small mutiple stemed shrubby tree to 2m height slende, r woody stems less than 5cm dbh. Bark smooth mid-brown grey. Foliage slightly discoloured, deep glossy bottle green above, paler below. Flowers and buds; calyx greenish brown, corolla orenge brown on the outside fading at tips of lobes, cream white inside, , fused staminal tube white, yellow inside at base, free stamen filaments deep carmine red, anthers yellow, style pale pink white at tip, stigma pale greenish white. A single ripe brown pod collected. Infrequent, scattered in highly degraded secondary veg, etation with Leucaena diversifolia and Acacia pennatula.

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