Pavetta

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Central

• County/Municipio

  Abau Distr.

• Locality

  Waiana ca. 2 km frm More Bridge, Amau

• Elevation

  Alt. 36 m. (118 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.07, 148.521

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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I Jniversitv of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
RUBIACEAE
Pavetta sp.
Det. By:
Treelet, 3m tall. Stem light brown. Leaves
membranous. Inflorescence terminal; flowers creamy
white.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana ca. 2 km from
More Bridge, Amau, Abau District, Central Province.
Habitat: Occasionally in forest edge, along logging
road.
Notes:
Site: 10° 04' 12" S 148° 31* 17" E 36 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20073, November
30,2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA4034-W
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.
03815991