Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Artocarpus camansi
Collector Name:
Diane Ragone
Collection Date:
February 16, 1998
Island Group:
CAROLINE ISLANDS
Locality:
Ngesekes, Ngerbeched Hamlet. Growing beside 2-story white house on southeast corner of street by Seventh Day Adventist Medical Clinic.
Plant Description:
Origin of tree unknown. No other tree of this type are found in Palau.
Fruits oval. Spiny with raised elongated, pointed flexible sections. Many large seeds. Male inflorescence and immature fruits on tree. Rotting and mummified fruits on ground. Many large seeds. Large, leatherly leaves shallowly to moderately dissected with 5-6 pairs of lobes with slightly undulate margins. Green blade with green veins. Very hirsute on all surfaces, including leaf sheath which is civered with dense, reddish hairs. Long white hairs on upper veins. Young
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Specimen Treatment:
Specimen preserved in 70% alcohol before drying
Comments:
Leaf material removed for DNA study - Lauren Audi (The Chicago Botanic Garden), 1 Dec 2017 2 different sheets 027849 & 027858
Date of Record Creation:
December 16, 2017
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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