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Details for: TARS 5665,
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth) Seem., Guajilote
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Taxonomy:
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth) Seem.
Top Name:
Guajilote
Origin:
Collected – Guatemala
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1939
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Plant
1 count
TARS 5665 PL
Distributed as: Fruit/Seeds, Available: Year-round
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth) Seem.
Top Name:
Guajilote
Origin:
Collected – Guatemala
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1939
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
PRE 1929.
Guatemala
Comment:
Collected by G. Salas
Donated
04 February 1939.
District of Columbia, United States
Donor(s):
Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction
Accession Names and Identifiers
Guajilote
Type: Local name
PI 80694
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
"A small tree up to 30 ft. high, with the branches armed with short stout recurved spines. The trifoliolate leaves have three ovate entire leaflets, the greenish yellow flowers are in clusters on the old wood, and the edible yellowish green fruits are 4 to 6 in. long and about an in. in diam. Native to Mex." B.P.I. Inventories No. 83-100
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth) Seem.
Genus:
Parmentiera
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Tribe:
Crescentieae
Nomen number:
105032
Place of publication:
Bot. voy. Herald 183. 1854
Verified:
08/15/1986
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Basionym
Crescentia aculeata
Kunth
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Parmentiera edulis
DC.
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English
candletree
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
cow-okra
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English
food candletree
1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Spanish (Guatemala)
cuajilote
2
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
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