Litsea sibuyanensis Elmer

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• Locality

  Palawan: Municipality Narra, Marihuera, about 15 km off Narra-Aboabo main road.

• Elevation

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

• Coordinates

  9.28, 118.33

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Field Museum of Natural History
Litsea sibuvanensis Elm. af£,
October 17, 1990
university of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
FLACOURTIACEAE
Det. By:
Field Char: Canopy tree, about 25 m tall,
dbh 50 cm, bole lightly S-shaped, 10 m,
bark brownish gray, flaking off, slash
light brown, flower buds light green,
open flowers dirty white.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality Narra,
Marihuera, about 15 km off Narra-Aboabo
main road.
Habitat: Partly logged lowland mixed
Dipterocarp forest, on flat land.
50-100 m, 9 17'N X 118 20'E
D.D. Soejarto, E. Reynoso, E. Sagcal and
R. Edrada 6590, April 14, 1989
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q66O8045-H, Q66O8046
Q66O8047-J.
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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