Maranthes corymbosa Blume

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BOTANICAL
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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
CHRYSOBALANACEAE
Maranthes corymbosa Bl.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, May 1997. r
Field Char: Canopy tree; bark thick, surface
scrape red, inner bark pink & furrowed; leaves
brittle; veins yellow; drupes approx.
ellipsoid, epicarp green with a pale brown
arachnoid indumentum.
Notes: The timbers are used in house
construction.
Locality: East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills,
main ridge above the foot track between Langu
and Garuka, in Gala Clan territory .
Habitat: Hill forest. Canopy tree li on steep
Gleichenia-dominated slopes.
380 m., 4°11’SX 142°44’E
Local Names: "dangama1'
W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado 10327, July 10, 1995
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): 0FCZ2129-Y, 0FCZ2130-Z
0FCZ2I31-A, 0FCZ2132-C, OFCZ2133-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 Papua New Guinea National Herbarium, Lae.
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new
determination of this collection, specifying that
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
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