Uncaria cordata (Lour.) Merr.

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
NAUCLEACEAE
Uncaria cordata (Lour.) Merr.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, July 26, 1989
Field Char: Weakly ascending shrub to 4 m
high, sparingly branched? often
supporting itself by grappling onto
adjacent plants? lvs coriaceous w/ light
brown hairs concentrated along veins.
Notes: Flowers yellow-brown, style and
stigma green? strong fragrance.
Population at flowering peak.
Locality: Morobe Province: near Labu,
flood plain of the Markham river.
Habitat: Border community in lowland
rain forest.
15 m, 6421S X 146 53'E
W. Takeuchi 4599, July 26, 1989
Collected under the sponsorship of* U.S.
National Cancer Institute, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Har-
vard University), Field Museum of Natural
History and Lae Herbarium.
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