Mimusops elengi L.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• Locality

  Taytay, island on Lake Manguao, c. 10 km SE of Taytay town

• Coordinates

  10.83, 119.55

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
SAPOTACEAE
Mimusops elengi L.
Det. By: D.D. Soejarto, February 17, 1991
Field Char: Tree 15 m tall, dbh 35 cm, bark gray,
cracked, slash beef-red, latex milky-white,
scanty from trunk, mature fruit deep red with
dull light orange edible pulp, seeds
black-brown.
Locality: Palawan: Taytay, island on Lake
Manguao, c. 10 km SE of Taytay town.
Habitat: Primary undisturbed semi-evergreen
tropical rain forest,
sea level, 10°50’N X 119°33’E
D.D. Soejarto and O. Fernando 7425, January 30,
1991
This is a voucher specimen foe
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2494-V.
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 Philippine National Herbarium, Manila.
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