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Tabernaemontana crassa

natural science
  • Field Collection Place
  • Field Collection Date
    01 Feb 2022
  • Accession Number
    AK387341
  • Accession Date
    29 Dec 2023
  • Department
Tabernaemontana crassa, AK387341, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Natural Science Specimen

  • Classifier
  • Scientific Name
    Tabernaemontana crassa Benth.
  • Classification
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Storage Method
  • Field Collection Place
  • Locality Description
    Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Arorangi, Kurukau Road, garden of Aunty Emiline Maru
  • Field Collection Date
    01 Feb 2022
  • Field Collection Notes
    5m high tree that has a already been topped and is about to be topped again. Very large leaves, yellow-green. Evergreen. Flowers 2 or 3 times a year. Flowers white, borne terminally on long inflorescence, only last one day, sweetly scented like pitate (jasmine). Bought from Tahiti garden centre c.30 years ago; said to be native to New Caledonia. New record for the Cook Islands. In memory of Joseph Lawrence Brider 29 March 1981 - 1 May 2022
  • Field Collector
  • Field Collection latitude/longitude
    -21.22581, -159.82661 (± 10 m)
    -159.82661, -159.82661 (± 10 m)

  • Last Update
    23 Apr 2024

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