Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 1773
Primary Source Reference:
"Liste des Plantes de St. Domingue d'ont j'ay les feuilles Sechées dans ma collection," June 1773, Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, No. 55, p. 3
Notes:
This specimen may have been Miconia bicolor, or West Indian lilac, a species flowering plant (not tree) in the glory bush family, Melastomataceae, that is native to Haiti.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Du Simitière's Common Name:
Lilac arbre
