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FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
APOCYNACEAE
Melodinus cf. forbesii Fawcett
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, January 26, 1993
Field Char: Woody climber; outer bk pale
brown/flaky, wd stramineous, st releasing
copious dilute sap when cut; lvs distichous, w/
5mm petiole, adaxial surface glossy dk gm,
lighter brown below.
Notes: Flowers white, throat yellow, perianth
white; venation producing white latex.
Locality: Morobe province; N of the Busu River,
at Kumbok.
Habitat: Mature unlogged forest w/ dense canopy
layers, understory dark and relatively
open, level or gently sloping ground
of clay and interspersed limestone
boulders.
300-350 m,006°33’S X 146°59’E
W. Takeuchi 8695, January 26, 1993
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z6227-F, U44Z6228-G
U44Z6229-H.
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.
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