Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Central

• County/Municipio

  Abau Distr.

• Locality

  Waiana ca. 2 km from More Bridge, Amau

• Elevation

  Alt. 36 m. (118 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.07, 148.521

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Det. By: Pius Piskaut April 01, 2003
Small Shrub to 3m tall. Leaves glossy green above,
pale below. Flowers cream. Fruit green.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana ca. 2 km from
More Bridge, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.
Habitat: Common in Secondary and disturbed
Primary forest.
Notes:
Site: 10° 04' 12" S 148° 31' 17" E 36 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20067, November
30, 2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA4025-N
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Field Museum of
Natural History, and Research Forest Institute, Lae, PNG.
Please notify Field Museum of any new determination of this collection,
specifying that it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
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