Polyosma urdanetensis Elmer

  • Filed As

    Escalloniaceae
    Polyosma urdanetensis Elmer ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 13793, Sep 1912

  • Location

    Philippines. Agusan del Norte. Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Island of Mindanao; Masay.

  • Description

    Crooked tree. Stem 2 feeet thick, irregularly round, crooked, 35 feet high, branched toward the top; wood dingy white, odorless and tasteless, not hard but very tough; bark very thick, latericius and more or less checked on the surface, the outer half beneath the epidermis yellowish, the inner half whitish, easily peeling from the wood; main branches few, crooked, rebranched; twigs ascending, dull green, long, sparingly rebranched; the thick leathey leaves ascending sides coarsely wavy toward the recurved apex, lucid dark green and shallowly folded on the upper side, paler green beneath; spike erect, green as is also the calyx, corolla nearly ochroleucus; the fragrant flowers rigid, divaricate, the parts in four, fruit hard, green, ovoidly ellipsoid, rugosely angled toward the blackish brown apical point, at least 1/2 inch long. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Specimen Notes

    1 of 2 sheets, NY barcodes 185905, 185906

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 185905

    Occurrence ID: 00bfc4f4-729c-4481-8304-efc1280bc196

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Agusan del Norte

  • Locality

    Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Island of Mindanao; Masay

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