Aglaia argentea Blume

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• Locality

  Palawan: Municipality Puerto Princesa, Irawan, Impapai forest plot behind BFD Field Station.

• Elevation

  Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.83, 118.63

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
MELIACEAE
Aglaia argentea
Det. By.
Field Chan Tree 15 m tall, dbh 16 cm, bark
gray-brown, smoothish with discernible
longitudinal rows of brown lenticels, slash
pink-brown; fruits silvery brown.
Notes: 1 -Ha plot study, tree #306.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality Puerto
Princesa, Irawan, Impapai forest plot behind
BFD Field Station.
Habitat: Premontane forest along ridge and
slopes, with a number of deciduous
species, canopy height 25-30 m.
300 m, 9°50*N X 118°38’E
D.D. Soejarto & D.A. Madulid 6824, March 16, 1990
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z1341-S, U44Z1342-T
U44Z134S-U.
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 Department of Botany, National Museum,
Philippines.
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