Sterculia

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Botanical Collections of the Division
of Botany, Department of Forests, Lae.
7/5/66
Locality: N.E. ridge of Mt. Penck, north
of S.D.A. Mission, Talasea, New Britain.
Lat. 5 20 S	Long.	149 38 E
Habitat: Lowland rain forest on slope.
Altitude 450 feet.
Tree; buttresses 4 feet high,
height 85 feet, d.b.h. 10 inches.
Bark grey, rugose, with inconspicuous
lenticels. Blaze red-brown. Wood straw.
Odourless; exudate absent. Petioles up
to 9 inches, blades up to 14 inches by
12 inches. Young fruit with reddish
hairs. Local name Segumu (Kombi).
Fam.	Sterculiaceae
Name:	Sterculla
Dupl. sent to: L. Bri. Canb. A.K;
Bog. Sing. Syd. UH. PNH. US. Bish. N.X&»
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