Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 488976

Occurrence ID: effcf0e6-668e-43a2-bbaf-2a172c806951

Secondary Catalog #: 1302326

Taxon: Gyrostipula comorensis

Collector: Sewall, B. J

Number: 2

Date: 2001-07-13

Locality: Comoros, West Indian Ocean, Anjouan, Mutsamudu River Watershed, About 100m uphill from coordinates

Latitude/Longitude: -12.192 44.420333

Verbatim Coordinates: 12° 11.52' S 44° 25.22' E

Elevation: 760 meters (2493ft)

Description: Tree, 15m in height, dbh: 44.5. leaves dark green on top, light green underneath, prominent white central vein. fruit yellow, about 1.4cm in diameter. Flowers white and yellow: inflorescence appears yellow from afar. The wood is said by local people to be hard and black in color.

Notes: Individuals of the native fruit bat Seychelles yellow-headed flying fox Pteropus seychellensis comorensis were seen landing on this tree on 12 July, 2001. Individuals of the endemic fruit bat Livingstone's flying fox Pteropus livingstonii were seen landing on another of the same species on 2 August, 2001.

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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