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4501: Ficus fruticosa Roxb.

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Entry: 4501
Page: 161

Ficus fruticosa Roxb.?

Taxon: Ficus fruticosa
Authority: Roxb.
Notes: Note that elsewhere on page 161, Wallich accidentally uses the number 4501 where he should have used 4511, which he corrects by a note on page 215.
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Collection: 4501.[A]: Ficus fruticosa Roxb.
Page: 161
Sillet FD
Location:Sylhet (Sillet)

Location

Name: Sylhet (Sillet)

Standard Name: Sylhet

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Herb. Hamilton, Bruce, De Silva, Smith.

Some specimens are marked 'Sillet', others 'montes Sillet' or 'mont. Sillet'. Montes Sillet indicates the Khasi Hills, in Assam. Specimens marked only 'Sillet' (or 'Sylhet' etc) can be from either the Khasi Hills or from Bengal/Bangladesh.
 

Collector:De Silva, F. (FD, F. DS, DeS, Fr. DeS)

Collector

Name: De Silva, F. (FD, F. DS, DeS, Fr. DeS)

Standard Name: De Silva, F.

Note

Francis De Silva. Plant collector for Wallich in Nepal, Sylhet, Pundua.

Goan Indo-Portugese assistant-botanist and collector atthe Garden in Calcutta, sent to collect at Pundoa, Sylhet, NE Bangladesh

His father was a collector for Roxburgh.

Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001039169 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001039169