Pouteria maclayana (F.Muell.) Baehni

Field Museum of Natural History
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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAPOTACEAE
Planchonella
Det. By:
Field Char: Large canopy tree c. 30 m tall; outer
bark light brown, smooth, inner bark pale tan;
white sap from bark and roots; leaves
moist-textured, coriaceous, glossy dark green.
Notes; Single sighting.
Locality; Morobe Province: Herzog Mountains,
Gabensis logging track.
Habitat: Foothill forest with mixture of
lowland and low montane taxa, in old
growth on Crestline of buttress ridge.
640 m,006°45’S X 146°45’E
W. Takeuchi 7166, July 13, 1991
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z0784-M, U44Z0785-N
U44Z0786-O.
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 Forest Research Institute, Lae.
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