Pittosporum ferrugineum W.T.Aiton

f>A6
2ft
H. Matsuo Collection No. 90
Country:	Papua NewGuinea
Name :	Pittosporum ferrugineum Ait.
Family name:	Pittosporaceae
Locality:	850m Long,/Lat,: 7°	12'	S 146° 37'
In edge of pine plantation, 4km west from
Bulolo town.
Habitat:	Foothills and low mountains
Vernacular Name : Gotubang(Buang), Ukhewa(Aseki),
Use:	In Buang, the bark is scraped from the root
and pressed into the cavity of a decaying
tooth. In Aseki, the bark is used to treat
stomachache and others.
Date:	26/11/1994
Description:	Small tree or shrub, 3-15m high. Leaves
elliptic, spirally arranged. Inflorescence
terminal. Flowers white to pale yellow.
Ovary densely rusty hairy. Stamens 5. Fruit
a capsule, ripening to orange. Seeds bright
red, immersed in a sticky pulp. The bark has
a pungent, unpleasant smell.
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