Accession Data
Hernandia guianensis
Family: Hernandiaceae
Synonym(s): Hernandia ovigera L.
Country of Origin: northern Brazil, Venezuela, the Guyanas, Trinidad
Description: [syn. H. peltata Meissn.]
To 40 feet; leaves broadly ovate, peltate, to 8 inches long, usually cordate; flowers greenish-yellow; fruit black, dry, about 1.25 inches in diameter, involucel much inflated, whitish, pear-shaped, to 2.5 inches long, with a large apical opening.
Accession Data
Accession #: 199400123
Accession Date: 1994-07-14 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1310
Quantity: 2
Source: R. Nicholson - Smith Coll. BG
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Hernandiaceae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 15 July 2015.
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