C. Whitefoord

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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  • Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
  • Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
  • Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
  • Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
  • Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Producer: Jon Hageman - NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm., Belize, C. Whitefoord 9576, F
Current Determination: Miconia hondurensis Donn. Sm.
Family: Melastomataceae
Elevation: 100
Habitat/Microhabitat: riverside, light woodland

Collector(s): C. Whitefoord
Collection Date: 9 June 1995
Description: Uses: Medicine (Balick et al. 2000:101). Common names: Ah-sir, blossom berry, chigger nuts, g'hua-bon, sirin (Balick et al. 2000:101). Image Notes: Seed: Pyramidal tooth-like, smooth surface, distinct inset, brown hilum along one side, seed 2.0 mm. Fruit: Irregular shaped green fleshy, leathery epidermis, multiple pyramidal dentate seeds, smooth surface, distinct inset, brown hilum along one side of each seed, fruit 8.0 mm diameter, seed 2.0 mm.
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789549
OccurenceID: ea60ddc3-6cd2-48aa-85ff-781f3561a718

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