Dillenia

botanical
Garder
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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H. Matsuo Collection No- ifi
Country:	Papua NewGuinea
Name:	Dillenia sp.
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Dilleniaceae
170m Long,/Lat,: 6° 38' S 147 01
Tree, disturbed secondary forest ajengthe
Busu river near the track, 6.5km EEN from
Lae city.
Lowland plains
Wekuwa(Aseki Village in Morobe prov.),
The bark is chewed with traditional salt and
spit into a bamboo container which is then
inhaled or allowed to drip into the nose to
treat a cold, chest pains Of fever.
8/12/1994
Tree, up to 20m high. Leaves oblong to
elliptic-oblong, petioled. Flowered in
racemes, l-6flowered. Petals a deep lemon
yellow. Fruit are dehiscent with enlarged red
sepals.
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