Uncaria acida (Hunter) Roxb.

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TA5
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF MALAYSIA
NAUCLEACEAE
Uncaria acida Roxb.
Det. By:
Field Char: Woody climber with hooks; leaves
simple, opposite; flowers aggregated, sepals 4;
twigs yellowish; leaf stalk and flower stalk
hairy.
Locality: Malay Peninsula: roadside, on the way
to Genting Highlands.
Habitat: Montane forest, roadside.
1300 m, 3°25’N X 101°48’E
E. Soepadmo and M. Suhaimi sl73, March 25, 1990
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6603783-X, Q6603917-T.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of
Natural History and University of Malaya.
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