Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.

Ill
PA C
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAPINDACEAE
Harpullia arbofea (Blanco) Radik.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, May 1997.
Field Char: Subcanopy treelet; bole straight;
outer bark gray-brown, inner bark & sapwood
pale straw; heartwood dense; fruits bivalved,
lobes spreading orange-yellow, valve inner
surface reddish.
Notes: Seeds are lustrous, black; arilloid
obsolete. Crown inhabited by numerous
yellow-brown foliage ants.
Locality: East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills,
spur ridge above the foot track between Garuka
and Ambunti, in Glei Clan territory.
Habitat: Hill forest.
60 m., 4°11’S X 142°44’E
W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado 10308, July 9, 1995
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Numbers): 0FCZ2059-X, 0FCZ2060-Y
0FCZ2061-Z, 0FCZ2062-A, 0FCZ2063-C, 0FCZ2064-F
Collected under the sponsorship oil 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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