Senna alata (Fabaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Senna alata (Fabaceae) from Kapingamarangi Atoll (Pohnpei Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH0000153640 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Senna alata (L.) Roxb. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Senna alata (Fabaceae) |
| Local name: | tirakahonuki |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | A.C. Smith |
| Determination date: | 1983 |
| Determination institution: | Bishop Museum (BISH) |
| Region: | Micronesia |
| Country: | Caroline Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Ueru (Veilua) Islet |
| State/province: | Kapingamarangi Atoll |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | n/a |
| PIER location: | Kapingamarangi Atoll (Pohnpei Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Flat coral sand; mostly occupied along inner beach by village, large Cyrtosperma patches in center, thickets with a few houses along outer beach. Planted around edges of muck in Cyrtosperma patches. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | 1-4 m |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Sterile shrubs 1-1.5 m tall, very chlorotic. |
| Collector: | Fosberg, F.R. |
| Collection team: | C.Y.C. Wong |
| CollNumber: | 26124 |
| Collection date(s): | 4.viii.1946 |
| Voucher comment: | Said to have been brought from Ponape. |
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