Ficus macrophylla (Moraceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Ficus macrophylla (Moraceae) from Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH665338 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bernice P. Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Ficus macrophylla (Moraceae) |
| Local name: | n/a |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | W.R. Sykes |
| Determination date: | 11.iv.1990 |
| Determination institution: | CHR (CHR) |
| Region: | East Polynesia |
| Country: | Cook Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Rarotonga |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Avatiu, by Ara Tapu |
| PIER location: | Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | n/a |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | (n/a) |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Immense tree with prominent buttresses, c. 25 m high. Leaves dark green above, medium green below. Fruit generally pink with pale green flecks, 13-16 mm long, broad ellipsoid-ovoid, collected from ground below. |
| Collector: | Sykes, W.R. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | 467868 |
| Collection date(s): | 10.ii.1990 |
| Voucher comment: | This tree is almost certainly the type of Ficus rarotongensis Summerhayes. |
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