Ximenia americana L.

  • Filed As

    Olacaceae
    Ximenia americana L.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 11982, Oct 1909

  • Location

    Philippines. Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Mindanao.

  • Habitat

    near the sea coast.

  • Description

    Thorny shrub 15 feet high and widely spreading, near the sea coast; bark greyish brown, more or less checked; stems several from the same root cluster, branched all along, the ultimate ones numerous; leaves coriaceous, pale green on both sides, ascending, conduplicate, on the upper side; inflorescence sub pendulous, the flowers slightly fragrant, its 4 segments yellowish, the hair filaments and style whitish; ovary dark green; anthers yellow; fruit green, ellipsoid; 3/4 inch long; "Sulo-sulo.".

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4404158

    Occurrence ID: 5c87302e-37fc-49ec-8a13-9c48a51cea9c

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Santalales

  • Family

    Olacaceae

  • All Determinations

    Ximenia americana L.

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Todaya (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Island of Mindanao

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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XX982. Ximenie Americana Linn. Thorny shrub, X£
feet high and widely spreading» near the sea coasti hark
grayish brown, mere er lese checked; eteme sereraX fro® the
same root cluster, branched «XX aXong, the ultimate ones
numerous; Xeares coriaceous, paXe green on both sides,
ascending, oonduplicate, on the upper side; inflorescence
subpenduXous, the flower* sXightXy fregrsnt, its 4 segments
yellowish, the hair fiXaments and styXe whitish; orary
dark green; anthers yellow; fruit green, ellipsoid; V4
inch long; "SuXo-sulo. * Todsya, October,	-----
1909ELMERS FIELD NOTi
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
TCDAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT’OF DAVAO
ISLAND OF MINDANAO. OCTOBER, 190®
botanical garden
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