P. H. Gentle

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
  • 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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  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    Creator: NEIU Team
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
  • Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, 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: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn., Belize, P. H. Gentle 6713, F
Current Determination: Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn.
Family: Myrtaceae
Habitat/Microhabitat: broken cohune ridge

Collector(s): P. H. Gentle
Collection Date: 14 April 1949
Description: Uses: Usos: melífera (nectar y polen) (Arellano et al. 2003:447-8). Miscellaneous products, medicine, food (Balick et al. 2000:97). Common names: Blossom berry (voucher). Blossom berry, cacho de vanado, chi-lun-che, chrimis-embra, granada cimarrona, indio desnudo, vaina de espada, walk naked (Balick et al. 2000:97). Image Notes: Fruit: 0.5-0.7 cm spheroid fleshy drupe terminates in point at apex. Epidermis punctate, red and leathery when desiccated. Slight bulging of endocarp at equator. Persistent peduncle 0.5 cm. Fruit: Spherical, minutely punctate leathery surface, distinct scar at peduncle insertion, papery round phalange at polar aperture, distinct ridge around aperture, 4.0 mm diameter.
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789585
OccurenceID: 5220172e-3972-472d-8244-10295f7907e7

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