Polyalthia Blume

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
ANNONACEAE
Polyalthia
Det. By:
Field Char: Canopy emergent; outer bark dark
brown, inner bark pale brown; wood tan-light
brown, dense; fruits red-brown turning purple,
mostly cauline, single seeds with smooth, light
tan coat; pedicels red.
Notes: Rootwood bright yellow. Single sighting
in fertile condition; photos at BISH.
Locality: Morobe Province: Herzog Mountains,
Gabensis logging track.
Habitat: Foothill forest with mixture of
lowland and low montane taxa, in old
growth along a secondary ridgeline.
490 m,006°45’S X 146°45’E
W. Takeuchi 7162, July 13, 1991
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z0774-Z, U44Z0775-A
U44Z0776-C, U44Z0777-F.
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 Forest Research Institute, Lae.
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