Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr.

  • Filed As

    Opiliaceae
    Champereia manillana (Blume) Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12800, Mar 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan.

  • Description

    Small erect tree in dry fertile humus covered soil at woods at 250 ft.; stem 6 inches thick, 20 feet high, branched from above the middle; wood heavy, hard, brittle, cremeus especially toward the center, odorless and tasteless, bark smoothish, grey and white mottled, green beneath the epidermis, otherwise stramineus; branches erect, crookedly, rebranched crooked and breaking with a snap; the suberect twigs green; leaves ascending or horizontal, lucid on the folded upper side, the younger ones much paler green, chartaceous; infrutescence lateral or axillary, the stalks pale green, the ellipsoid fruitllateus, and with a single seed, 3/8 inch long.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4264196

    Occurrence ID: 4400a7c4-f032-4c84-b361-5654312f6be4

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

  • Distribution

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teeoenfe laterfcl or axillary* the***1
ellipsoid fruit Jin tens «mm and wit&?
long* Paerto Frinef aa| Xaroh *
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Small
xcovw. . »nsapereis oamingi«B^''j f0ll 0f woods at
arwt trae in dry fertile haaas e9**‘"	branched fro®
850 feet; stem 6 inches thick, ^rfLttle, cremeas especially
above the middle; wood heary, bar«# 0J bark smoothiah,
toward the center* odorless and t***?*tiJ0 #pidermisf other-
gray and white mottled, green	rebranched,
wise atraminetts; branches erect*l®f?!%sfcereet twigs green;
brittle and breaking with a snap*	tfee £03.a#a appear
leaves ascending or horizontal, PjS*. ahartacaoas; infra-
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