Wood - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 38315 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Diphysa sp | Entry Book Number | ||
Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Mexico | TDWG Region | Mexico | ||
Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Mexico, Oaxaca | ||
Uses | WoodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
Storage | Woods size B | Related Items | |||
Donor | Lewis GP | Donor No | |||
Donor Date | 00/09/1989 | Donor Notes | Oxford University Forest Herbariumx0Dx0A | ||
Collector | Hughes CE, Lewis GP, Contreras JL | Collector No | 1337 | ||
Collection Notes | Collection Date | 26/03/1989 | |||
Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
Number Components | Publication | ||||
Notes: | Label source: Close to the main road running west from Puerto Escondido towards Pinotepa Nacional near the small village of San Isidro Llano Grande which lies about 40 km west of Puerto Escondido on narrow coastal plains south of the Sierra Madra del Sur, about 5km inland from the Pacific coast. Small multiple stemmed tree to 7m ht. with a narrow crown. Bark mid grey brown with reddish brown outer bark gradually flaking off in papery strips. Tree almost leafless, a few leaves persistent on basal respro, uts, slightly discolourous, mid yellow green slightly glossy above, paler below. Heavy crop of ripe inflated pale straw yellow pods. Frequent, scattered in dry secondary thorn forest with Acacia, Caesalpinia, Prosopis, Piscidia and Gliricidia. |