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Occurrence record: Spirit:78940.127

Specimen of Finlaysonia obovata recorded on 1999-03-03

Dataset

Data resource Apocynaceae
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Supplied institution code "K"
Collection code Spirit
Supplied collection code "Spirit"
Catalogue number 78940.127
Occurrence ID http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/78940.127
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Collector Utteridge. T.M.A.
Collector number 56
License other
Modified 2024-07-31
Supplied as 2024-07-31 10:54:56.467000
Occurrence status present
Abcd identification qualifier Not provided

Event

Occurrence date 1999-03-03
Supplied date "1999-03-03 00:00:00.0000000"
Date precision Day
Event remarks Common small shrub to c. 1 m. Young parts densely covered with purple-claret hairs. 'Nervilliform' lines clearly visible; leaves similar to M. perlarius but inflorescence very different: zig-zag racemes. Corolla white with reduced stamens; ovary lemon yellow. Young fruits green ripening yellow without dark striation when fresh; some fruits galled. (N.B. teeth when placed in spirit turn brown within 5 minutes and spreading slowly through the lamina.) SILICA GEL + SPIRIT.

Taxonomy

Higher classification Apocynaceae
Scientific name Finlaysonia obovata
Taxon rank species
Kingdom Plantae
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Finlaysonia
Species Finlaysonia obovata
Taxonomic issue No issues
Name match metric Exact match
The supplied name matched the name exactly.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Scientific name authorship Wall.

Geospatial

Country Indonesia
Locality On a distributory of the Aikwa River.
Habitat
Supplied as "On bank in mixed mangrove forest."
Country code ID

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