Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• Locality

  Waiana along logging road, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.

• Elevation

  Alt. 31 m. (102 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.0744, 148.522

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
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Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC.
Det. By: Pius Piskaut April 01,2003
Ground herb to 50cm tall. Fruit green, ripening blue.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana along logging
road, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.
Habitat: Primary forest on forest floor.
Notes:
Site: 10° 04' 28" S 148° 31’ 19" E 31m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20084, December
02,2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): 0GHA4054-T
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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