Family: Combretaceae
Select this record for download
Terminalia eddowesii Coode
Isotype of Terminalia eddowesii Coode
Collector/Expedition: Eddowes, P.J. & Kumul, M
Collection number: NGF.36064
Collection date: 31st October 1968
Country/Territory: Papua New Guinea:Central
Collecting locality: Papua New Guinea:Central:Iomari Creek near Brown River Forest station, Port Moresby
Latitude: 9°15'S, Longitude: 147°20'E
Habitat: Lowland rain forest
Description: Medium sized tree, crooked. Height 60 ft. Bole 15 ft. d.b.h. 12 ins. Bark 1/2 in. thick. Rough, shaggy, irregular flakes. Outer bark dark greenish-brown, under bark fawn. Inner bark tough and fibrous, beefy red in colour with fawn streaks. Blaze cream in colour with red 'flame like' flares darkening on exposure. Sapwood straw brown in colour. Moderately hard and heavy, fissile, interlocked grain. Leaves dark green above, pale green below. Raised mid-rib and raised side veins, pale yellow in colour, most conspicuous below. Mature fruit'cherry red' in colour. Fleshy endocarp containing single, hard, ridged seed.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00273930
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00273930
Herbarium region: 6E (New Guinea)
Number of sheets: 1
Thumbnail image of a herbarium sheet
Return to previous results page