Glochidion benthamianum Domin

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Central

• County/Municipio

  Abau Distr.

• Locality

  Waiana forest along Amau Road, 3km from More River Bridge

• Elevation

  Alt. 30 m. (98 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.05, 148.517

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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PAO
173
University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
EUPHORBIACEAE
Glochidion benthamianum Domin
Det. By: Pius Piskaut April 01,2003
Medium tree, 15m tall. Leaves light green above, pale
below. Flowers cream. Fruit green ripening red.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana forest along
Amau Road, 3 km from More River Bridge, Abau
District, Central Province.
Habitat: Secondary forest by roadside. Common.
Notes:
Site: 10° 03' 00" S 148° 31' 00" E 30 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20099, January
29,2003
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number^): 0GHA4077-T 0GHA4078-U
0GHA4079-V
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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