Botanical Article Bibliographic Records
HI Number 152964
Author: Vincent; Père, Missionary Father
Coauthors:
Title: Notcie sur l'Île de Célèbes et le royaume de Macassar.
MLP no: 3310
BPH Series Abbreviation:
J. Voyages Découv.
Citation: 29(88): 129-139. 1826 [Feb.]
Year(s):
1826
Note: "Almost all tropical fruit trees, orange, lemon, coconut palm, breadfruit tree, etc., are to be found here. … Bougna-gené-mauro is an endemic flower of Nacassar, surpassing all others in the brilliance of its coloring and sweetness of fragrance." p. 132. Foodplants of Celebes are listed on p. 137-139.
Vegetation: bamboo forests, cedar, oak, maple.
Flora: Rose, carnations, jasmin, tuberose, jonquil; also a plant called "bougna-gené-mauro: in the vernacular, which I can't translate.
Found particularly round Makasar, it resembles the lily.
Vegetation: bamboo forests, cedar, oak, maple.
Flora: Rose, carnations, jasmin, tuberose, jonquil; also a plant called "bougna-gené-mauro: in the vernacular, which I can't translate.
Found particularly round Makasar, it resembles the lily.