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NTBG Plant Name:
Artocarpus altilis 'Momolega'
Barcode:
PTBG1000012226
Specimen ID:
038115
Collector ID:
646
Collector Name:
Diane Ragone
Collection Date:
July 22, 2000
Herbarium Name:
PTBG
Region:
Polynesia
Country:
WS
Island Group:
SAMOAN ISLANDS
Island:
Savaii
Elevation:
Yes
Locality:
Saipipi Village. Tavana family compound. 100 m inland from ocean, NE oceanside corner of fale Samoa.
Plant Category:
dicot
Plant Description:
Fruits small, round (9.5 x 9 cm), similar in size to a baseball, with short stalk inserted into very distinctive neck of one row of elongated sections with heavy scabbing around the stalk. Smooth with very distinctive sections with star-shaped scar in center and heavy scabbing between each section. Flesh solid, yellow with small core (5.5 cm); no latex or discoloration when cut. Full, mostly mature fruits on tree. Large, symmetrical leaves, shallowly dissected with four pairs of lobes with undulate margins. Dark, dull, brittle, smooth blade with yellow-green veins. Many short white hairs on upper veins, underside rough. Tree has rounded canopy: ~6 m with two trunks branching near base, DBH 22.6 cm.
From Cultivated Plant:
Yes
Specimen Treatment:
Preserved in alcohol before drying
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Comments:
Specimen preserved in 70% alcohol before drying
Date of Record Creation:
October 5, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023