Muntingia calabura L.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Muntingiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Muntingia calabura L.

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF MALAYSIA
ELAEOCARPACEAE
Muntingia calabura L.
Det. By:
Field Char: Small tree, 8 m tall; twigs and
leaves sticky, hairy; flowers solitary, small,
axillary, yellowish; fruits globose, berry,
pink then red, with many small yellow seeds.
Locality: Malay Peninsula, Gombak, Kuala
Lumpur.
Habitat: Lowland forest.
<75 m, 3°20’N X 101°30’E
Local Names: "Buah cheri."
E. Soepadmo and M. Suhaimi sl95, February 8
1990
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6603873-V, Q6603874-W.
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 University of Malaya.
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