Prunus

FLORA OF NSW GUINEA
Botanical Collections of the Division
of Botany, Department of Forests» Lae.
D. FRODIN, NGF 26525,	30/3/66
JkP.ca-*-i'ty.» Along river 5 miles north of
old site of Omoi (Arawe area), New Britain.
Lat.	6 05 S Long.	149	95	g
Habitat: Swamp forest with Metroxvlon.
Casuarina, Garcinia and Calophyllum.
Altitude 5 feet.
Annot. Tree; buttresses small, height
50 feet, bole 20 feet, d.b.h. 6 inches.
Bark olive brown, with green lenticels,
slightly scaly. Blaze thin, orange;:
sapwood cream; heartwood pink. Odour
of sap like chewing gum. Leaves apple-
green above* Fruit green, becoming red
when ripe*
Fam.	Rosaceae
Name;	Prunus
Dupl, sent to; L. Bri. Canb. A.&.
Bog. Sing. Syd. UH. FNI1. US. Bistri
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