Alphitonia incana (Roxb.) Teijsm. & Binn. ex Kurz

FLORA OF NEW tJUINEA
Botanical Collections of the Division of Botany,
Department of Forests, Lae.
D„ Fa-od in, NGF 26395,	8/1/66
I Wakaia-Kipu trail, just below
Wakaia hill, Morobe Dist., T.N.G.
Lat. 7 50 S	Long. 147 10 E
Habitat: Open woodland, near thicket
next to stream,
Annot. Tree* height 30 feet, bole 10 ft.,
d.b.h. 7 inches. Bark light grey,
fissured; inner bark red-brown. Sticky
watery sap good smelling like candy.
Wood white. Young branches and leaves
with rusty indumentum. Leaves greenish-
white on underside, veins with
indumentum« Fruit dark red. Local name
Otzala.
Fam. Rhamnaceae
Name : Alphitonia incana
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