Macaranga magnifolia L.M.Perry

• 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
EUPHORBIACEAE
Macaranga magnifolia cf. Perry
Det. By:
Small tree, 5m tall. Stem smooth, brown, wood soft.
Twig terete, glabrous in older sections, pubescent near
leaf shoot. Leaves stipulate, green above, slightly pale
below. Inflorescence axillary to pseudo-terminal.
Flowers minute, yellowish to pale green
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana along logging
road, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.
Habitat: Common in regrowth along logging road.
Notes:
Site: 10° 04' 17" S 148° 31* 11" E 31 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20075, December
02,2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA4036-Y 0GHA4037-Z
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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