Dysoxylum

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Central

• County/Municipio

  Abau Distr.

• Locality

  Waiana along logging road, Amau

• Elevation

  Alt. 31 m. (102 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.0714, 148.52

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
MELIACEAE
Dysoxylum sp.
Det. By:
Treelet, 4m tall. Stem bark smooth, light brown;
wood dense. Leaves compound; leaflet green above,
pale below; venation reticulate, mid vein with rusty
brown stellate hairs. Inflorescence rusty brown,
flowers minute.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana along logging
road, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.
Habitat: Common as understorey in Primary forest.
Notes:
Site: 10° 04’ 17" S 148° 31* 11” E 31m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20083, December
02,2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample NumMs): 0GHA4052-R 0GHA4053-S
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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