Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose var. arborea

  • Filed As

    Mimosaceae
    Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose var. arborea

  • Collector(s)

    D. J. Macqueen 610 with A. Macqueen, 10 Apr 1993

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Alajuela. On the banks of Rio Ron Ron, 1 km. to the north west of Florencia on the road to Volcan Arenal.

  • Description

    15-20 m. tree with grey bark. Leaves lustrous dark green. Flowers in heads with cream-brown sepals and petals and white staminal filaments. Fruit are a tubular sickle-shaped pod, green when unripe and red when ripe. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01255975

    Occurrence ID: 31c5c87e-779a-4a94-8330-7f729644e34b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose var. arborea det R. C. Barneby, 1994
    Note: [Cited as Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose var. arborea, in Barneby & Grimes, Mem. NYBG 74. 1997.]

    Cojoba

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Alajuela

  • Locality

    On the banks of Rio Ron Ron, 1 km. to the north west of Florencia on the road to Volcan Arenal.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 250 m. (820 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.37, -84.47

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