Arytera litoralis Blume

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  East Sepik

• Locality

  near Langu village, through the adjacent swampland and ascending the buttress ridge to the mountain above.

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.18, 142.73

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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?Aa
IBS—
Collected by: W.N. Takeuchi
no. 10061	d.d.: 16 August 1994
With: J. Wiakabu
Sapindaceae
Arytera littoralis Blume
Det: P.C. van Welzen December 2003
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NEW GUINEA, EAST SEPIK, near
Langu village, through the adjacent swampland and ascending
the buttress ridge to the mountain above, lowland alluvial forest
on flat swampy substrate. From margins of Metroxylon swamp
and on lower slopes adjacent hills. Ascending the buttress ridge
to the mountain above. On moderate slopes.
4°1 V S, 142°44' E Alt: 200m
Tree 20 m tall. Small basal swelling. Infructescence terminal and
axillary to 10 cm. Fruit orange, seemingly depressed on one side
and inflated on the other. Pericarp smooth, fleshy. Seeds aborted.
Vernacular name: Mahapa (Waskuk).
Uses: The wood is used as posts for fences and in house
foundations.
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