Glochidion littorale Blume

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Glochidion littorale Blume

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12689, Feb 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Brooks Point (Addison Peak).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4063302

    Occurrence ID: 7ee14df0-d5aa-4751-b16b-73db7a9a1a58

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Brooks Point (Addison Peak)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

  • Distribution

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04063302
BROOK8 POINT (ADDI80N PEAK), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
ISLAND Of PALAWAN, FEBRUARY, 1911
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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12689* $lochidion littorale Blm. 'free-like shrub
in moist sand gravelly soil of woods along rivulets near
the "beach; stem 5 inches thick* 15 feet high, with main
branches arising from below the middle; wood slightly
bitter* odorless, moderately hard and heavy, gradually
reddening from the sappy white sapwood toward to center;
bark reddish brown except the checked and more or less
shredded surface branchlets numerous, the main branches
long and spreading; leaves coriaceous, nearly flat.*
glaucous green beneath, deep green above, ascending;
fruits in small axillary clusters* when mature smooth
and apple red, at least l/fi inch across, equally flattened
at both ends* subtended by 6 or 6 green calyx segments,
10-seed©d; "Tafr&ngo." Brooks Point* Feburary, 1911«
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