Wood and bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 79326 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.03 LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE Desmanthus fruticosus | 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 | 1532 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 18/01/1992 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | SEE HERBARIUM MATERIALx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AFOREST HERBARIUM OXFORDx0Dx0AUNIVERSITY OF OXFORDx0Dx0AOXFORD x0Dx0AUKx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AFlora of MEXICOx0Dx0Ax0Dx0AState: Baja California Surx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes: 5km NE of La Paz close to the main road towards the ferry terminal at Pichilingue on low rocky hills, immediatley inland from the coast.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASmall slender upright lightly branched tree to 3m ht. Bark smooth mid to light grey, inner bark yellow brown, wood light almost pithy. Leaves slightl;y discolourous, pale grey green below, leaf rachis with orange bro, wn glands exuding nectar. Ripe pods mid yellow brown, dehiscing from the tip, remaining attached at the base.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AAbundant, scattered in dry thorn scrub with Caesalpinia placida, Aeschynomene, Jatropha, cactaceae and Burseraceae.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AAssociated material: Se, ed Flowers Photos woodx0Dx0ADuplicates: CU, FCME, FHO(Forest Herbarium Oxford), K(RBG Kew), MEXU(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), NY(New York Botanical Gardens)x0Dx0Ax0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollected under project R4524 of the UK Overseas Development Admin.x0Dx0A | ||||