Guioa comesperma Radlk.

DISTRIBUTED BY
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAPINDACEAE
Guioa comesperma Radik.
Det. By: P. Katik, January 20, 1993
Field Char: 10m substage treelet; outer bark
smooth light brown, bole straight &
unbuttressed, wd white; lvs thick herbaceous to
subcoriaceous, dull dk gm above, lighter
below; fr 3-angled, glossy gm, immature.
Notes: Each fruit wing contains 1 seed,
apparently arilloid.
Locality: Morobe province; N of the Busu River,
at Kumbok.
Habitat: Mature unlogged forest rich in palms,
aroids and fems; edge situation.
400 m,006°33’S X 146°59’E
W. Takeuchi 8673, January 20, 1993
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z6188-M, U44Z6189-N
U44Z6190-0, U44Z6191-P.
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.
04972007