Triphasia trifolia (Rutaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Triphasia trifolia (Rutaceae) from Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH38751 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bernice P. Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Triphasia trifolia (Burm.f.) Paul G.Wilson |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Triphasia trifolia (Rutaceae) |
| Local name: | limon de china |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | F.R.Fosberg |
| Determination date: | n/a |
| Determination institution: | Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH) |
| Region: | Micronesia |
| Country: | Marianas Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Guam |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Merizo and vicinity, south end of island. |
| PIER location: | Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Moist coastal plain, almost completely under cultivation, but weedy and with thickets and small mangrove swamps. Forming dense thickets in fence rows, roadsides, all uncultivated places. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | 1-5 m |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Deep tangles of very spiny bushes; fruit dark red when ripe; |
| Collector: | Fosberg, F.R. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | 25407 |
| Collection date(s): | 4.vii.1946 |
| Voucher comment: | fruits eaten when ripe by children. Green fruits used for glue. (A serious pest making walking very difficult on the trails.) |
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