Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don

  • Collector(s)

    D. D. Soejarto 6765 with D.A. Madulid, 14 Mar 1990

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa City. Irawan, Impapai forest plot behind BFD Field Station.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2023.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4159999

    Occurrence ID: 9d4065ce-2303-4f8a-af70-f2a7b2a02a43

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • County/Municipio

    Puerto Princesa City

  • Locality

    Irawan, Impapai forest plot behind BFD Field Station

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.83, 118.63

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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2.77 ŸcüL
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z1S62-Q, U44Z1368-R
U44Z1S61-P.
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 Department of Botany, National Museum
Philippines.	1
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
APOCYNACEAE
Alstonia macrophylla Wall, ex G.Don
Det. By: D.D. Soejarto, July 14, 1990
Field Char: Tree 27 m tall, dbh 42 cm, bole
straight, 12 m tall, bark blackish gray,
lightly fissured and cracked, slash pale brown,
no latex on stem but latex milky white on
younger twigs.
Notes: 1 -a plot study, tree #471.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality Puerto
Princesa, Ira wan, Impapai forest plot behind
BFD Field Station.
Habitat: Premontane forest along ridge and
slopes with a number of deciduous
species, canopy height 25-30 m.
300 m, 9°50’N X 118°38’E
D.D. Soejarto & D.A. Madulid 6765, March 14, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
04159999