Dioscorea

  • Filed As

    Dioscoreaceae
    Dioscorea

  • Collector(s)

    A. M. Huq H10955, 24 Oct 2002

  • Location

    Cambodia. Kâmpôt. Bokor National Park, c. 65 km north of Kampot.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03783928

    Occurrence ID: b91f85ca-f9bb-429b-a7b1-48d31f3737d4

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Dioscoreales

  • Family

    Dioscoreaceae

  • All Determinations

    Dioscorea

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Cambodia

  • State/Province

    Kâmpôt

  • Locality

    Bokor National Park, c. 65 km north of Kampot

  • Elevation

    Alt. 91 m. (299 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.8333, 104.083

  • Location Notes

    [Tropical Asia]

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Cambodia
DIOSCOREACEAE
Dioscorea sp.
Det. By:
A climber. Flowers white, rather pendant. Bulb
large, brown, warty.
Locality: Kampot Province, Bokor National Park
(BNP), c. 60 km north of Kampot, Pichnie forest
area.
Habitat: Growing at the slopes of hill forest.
Notes:
Site: 10° 50' 00" N 104° 05' 00" E 300 Feet
A.M. Huq, Phourin et al., H10951, October 24, 2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA-4730 OGHA-4731
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Field Museum of
Natural History, and Forest and Wildlife Section of Forestry
Department, Cambodia.	^
Please notify Field Museum of any new determination of this collectio
specifying that it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
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