Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.

• 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. 41 m. (135 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -10.1411, 148.47

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PAC-
210
University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
EBENACEAE
Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.
Det. By: Pius Piskaut April 01,2003
Small tree, 5m tall with spreading crown. Leaves
leathery, dark green above, pale below. Flowers with
cream corolla.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana forest along
Amau Road, 3 km from More River Bridge, Abau
District, Central Province.
Habitat: Secondary forest on creek bank.
Notes:
Site: 10° 08' 28" S 148° 28’ 12" E 41 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20096, December
03,2002
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA4072-C)
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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