Dissochaeta angiensis Kaneh. & Hatus. ex Ohwi

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  East Sepik

• Locality

  Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot track between Garuka and Waskuk. Territory of the Glei Clan.

• Elevation

  Alt. 60 m. (197 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.18, 142.73

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MELASTOMATACEAE
Dissochaeta angiensis Ohwi
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, May 1997
Field Char: Woody climber; stem hairs
reddish-brown; primary rachides of
inflorescence opposed; all axes with indumentum
as the stem; flowers acute in bud, in 4's;
light purple; pericarp purple; sepals
persisting.
Notes: This climber is a serai species said to
frequently occur in areas overgrown with
Gleichenia.
Locality: East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills,
first buttress ridge above the foot track
between Garuka and Waskuk. Territory of the
Glei Clan.
Habitat: Hill forest.
60 m„ 40ll'S X 142°44'E
W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado 10198, June 28, 1995
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): 0FCZ1013-M, 0FCZ1014-N.
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 Lae National Herbarium.
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new
determination of this collection, specifying that
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
04395796