Dysoxylum alliaceum Blume

Flora of Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey
11471 Meliaceae
Dysoxylum alliaceum (Bl.) Bl.
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River, tral past the
research house; elev. 450/E aneroid (137 m) in natural-growth foothil
forest; colls, centered on coordinates 7D 44/E lat. x 146D 30/E long.
collection sequence 11468 - 11484; canopy tree; 20 - 30 m height*
unbuttressed; outer bark longitudinally cracked, slash pinkish-brown and
with strong onion odor, sapwood pale straw; twigs orange-brown, terete;
leaves crowded near apex of branchlets, spirally arranged, blades
fleshy, adaxial surface dark glossy green, abaxially yellow-green; foliage
also smelling of onions; panicles with axes green; flowers entirely white,
tepals 4, tightly recurved; staminal column white.
flowers bottled.
collection: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 11,471
det.:	WT:	7/97
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