Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Tecoma stans (L.) Kunth
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Vaima'anga, roadside planting opposite Wigmore's Superstore
Field Collection Date
22 Jul 2016
Field Collection Notes
2.5m high spreading shrub; freely flowering and fruiting. Flowers yellow; young fruit green, pendulous, ripening to brown when splitting to release seeds. Further round Ara Tapu in Arorangi this species was seen as a 5m tree with a 15cm diameter trunk.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-21.26403, -159.79056 (± 10 m)
-159.79056, -159.79056 (± 10 m)
Last Update
17 Aug 2020
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