Canarium asperum Benth.

Field Museum of Natural History
Canarium asperum Benth, in look,
August 29, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
YORK BOTANICAL garden
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Genus s Canarium
Species?
Authority:
Family: Burseraceae
Det. By:
Field Chr: Tree to 20 m tall, 80 cm diameter, Fruit small, hard
nut, dark green, with grey tomentum.
Locality: Visayas, Mt.Giting-giting, Sibuyan Island.
Habitat: Primary forest.
Alt.: 200 m
Local Names: "Sayong"
Med Uses: Cure for wounds.
Coll.: D.A. Madulid
No.I 6860 Coll. Date: June 11, 1987
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number: Q6603272-S, Q6603614-P, Q66O3630-I.
Collected under contract to: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago).
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