Baccaurea philippinensis (Merr.) Merr.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Gulf

• Locality

  Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River

• Elevation

  Alt. 105 m. (344 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.73, 146.492

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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f>AC
l=B
Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey
Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
11414 Euphorbiaceae
Baccaurea cf. philippinensis (Merr.) Merr.
conspecific to 11439 (fr)
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River; lowland
alluvial forest in the transect near the Bulldog track from base camp;
elev. 350/E altimeter (105 m); colls, centered on coordinates 70 44/E
lat. x 146D 29.5/E long.
collection sequence 11414-11420; 20 m buttressed canopy tree
(enumeration 1417 in transect), common species, populations flowering;
outer bark smooth reddish-brown, no exudate, slash red; twigs terete,
lenticellate, light brown; leaves fleshy, conferted, adaxial surface dark
green, abaxially medium green; venation brown; petiole resembling the
twigs, swollen at both ends, geniculate at the blade; racemes below the
leaves, hairy throughout; sepals 5, green; ovary superior, globose,
green, pubescent; stigma conspicuous, lobed.
flowers bottled.
collection: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 11,414
det.: WT; 7/97
coli. date: Oct. 23, 1996
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