Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth.

DISTRIBUTED BY
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MIMOSACEAE
Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, January 19, 1993
Field Char: 15m tree; outer bark light brown w/
vertical fissures; phyllodes concolorous dull
gm both sides(foliage appearing silvery gm in
bright sunlight), no true lvs seen; fls yellow
in numerous spikes.
Locality: Morobe province, Uni-Bumayong.
Habitat: Anthropomorphic landscape, margin of
large wastelot area overgrown by early
regrowth.
< 50 m,006°40’S X 147°00’E
W. Takeuchi 8665, January 17, 1993
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z6181-F, U44Z6182-G.
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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