NTBG : PTBG
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Catalog #:
PTBG1000010949
Secondary Catalog #:
ee5666e8-c4da-11e3-b5b6-003048b9c572
Taxon:
Dysoxylum samoense A. Gray
Family: Meliaceae
Family: Meliaceae
Taxon Remarks:
Maota - Samoan [DL 8725]
Collector:
David H. Lorence 8725
Date: 2001-06-19
Verbatim Date: 6/19/2001
Additional Collectors:
A. Stone, S. Banack, K. Eiler, Faga & Vaiuli Malaga, Mapou
Locality:
American Samoa, MANUA DISTRICT, Olosega County, Trail from above Le aumasili Point toward Piumafua Mountain, S of Alei ridge; near site of Sili Uta village abandoned since 1981. Elev. 190-210 m.
Habitat:
Secondary forest of Cocos, Pandanus tectorius var. laevis, Inocarpus , breadfruit, reverting to montane wet forest with Tarenna, Alphitonia, Flacourtia, Diospyros, Dysoxylum, Elattostachys, Hibiscus tiliaceus, on deep brown soil.
Occurrence Remarks:
Canopy tree 12 m tall. Fallen fruits globose, tan, splitting into 4-5 segments, seeds red arillate. Parts with garlic odor. Common, indigenous. Samoan name: maota.
Rights Holder: National Tropical Botanical Garden
Access Rights: Public Domain
Record Id: 624e3286-dc90-4d8d-bce0-01a70ad9fb43
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Tim Flynn, Curator of the herbarium (tflynn@ntbg.org)
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