Dysoxylum alliaceum Blume

Flora of Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey
11499 Meliaceae
Dysoxylum alliaceum (Bl.) Bl. or aff. 'alliaceum group'
equiv. to sp. 11555
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River, trail past the
research house; elev. 575/E aneroid (175 m) in natural-growth foothlj
forest; colls, centered on coordinates 70 44/E lai x 146D 30/E long,
collection sequence 11499-11507; 10 - 15 m treelet, probable regrowth
from a large treefalf; outer bark brown, weakly fissured, slash orange-
brown with strong onion odor, sapwood light brown m straw; twigs
terete, orange-brown; apical bud stilletto-shaped; leaves ’ spiral
subcoriaceous, adaxial surface very dark green, abaxially medium
green; inflorescence axes green; flowers in bud only: calyx pale qreem
corolla obtuse in bud, whitish-yellow.
flowers bottled; wood coll. made.
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collection: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 11 499
det.:	WT;	7/97
coll. date: Oct. 31,1996
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