Cerbera manghas L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Cerbera manghas L.

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 5991, 23 Feb 1934

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Western. Dagwa, Oriomo River.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4184105

    Occurrence ID: f850da38-a9ef-4490-a381-64a0ea1cdc01

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Cerbera manghas L.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Western

  • Locality

    Dagwa, Oriomo River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 40 m. (131 ft.)

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I was unable to parse the locality of Dagwa relative to Oriomo River.

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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^Hants of Papua (British New Guinea) collected by the
1933-34 New Guinea Expedition of The American Museum
of Natural History, Mr. Richard Archbold, Leader.
Distributed by The New York Botanical Garden
No. 5991 L. J. Brass	Feb.-March, 1934
Common in creek bank forest strips; alt« 40m«;
dense foliaged tree 8- 10m«; bark pale grey;, latex
copious; lvs. clustered at branch tips; fls« white
fr« 2 lobed, pale bluish~purple«
Dagwa, Oriomo River, Western Division
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