Litsea perrottetii (Blume) Villar

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• Locality

  Palawan: Municipality Bataraza, Sandoval, just north of Rio Tuba, about 50 km south of Brookes Point.

• Elevation

  Alt. 50 - 100 m. (164 - 328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.85, 118.62

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
Litsea perrottetii (Bl.) F. Vill.
October 17, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
LAURACEAE
Det. By:
Field Char: Tree 25 m tall, dbh 20 cm,
bark smooth, living bark light brown,
fruits light copper-green with greenish
white dots, turning wholly dark red.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality
Bataraza, Sandoval, just north of Rio
Tuba, about 50 km south of Brookes
Point.
Habitat: Remnants of slope-forest, along
stream, foot of hills.
50-100 m, 9 51 *N X 118 37'E
D.D. Soejarto, E. Reynoso, E. Sagcal and
R. Edrada 6526, April 11, 1989
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6607944-V, Q6607945-W
Q6607946-X.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S.
National Cancer Institute, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Har-
vard University), Field Museum of Natural
History and Botany Department, National
Museum, Philippines.
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