Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  New Ireland

• Locality

  buttress ridge north of Garuka village, above swamp

• Elevation

  Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.18, 142.73

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EUPHORBIACEAE
Breynia cernua (Poir.) Muell. Arg.
Det. By:
Field Char: Understory shrub, 4 m tall, entirely
glabrous. Inflorescence axillary, males in
small cymules in lower axils, females solitary,
red, accrescent in fruit. Fruit, exocarp glossy
black.
Notes: Freshly dried foliage thrown on fires and
burned as mosquito repellent. Distinctive odor,
effective.
Locality: New Ireland; buttress ridge north of
Garuka village, above swamp.
Habitat: Base of hillside on margin of swamp,
in medium stature forest,
c. 50 m, 4°11’S X 142°44’E
Local Names: "’jarunga’" (Waskuk)
W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10097, August 19, 1994
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): 0FCZ0538-T, 0FCZ0539-U
0FCZ0540-V, 0FCZ0541-W.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of
Natural History and Forest Research Institute, Lae.
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new
determination of this collection, specifying that
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
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