Ardisia

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MYRSINACEAE
Ardisia /ff .
tM By:
Field Char: Small tree 5 m tall; fruits deep
green turning purplish black.
Locality: East New Britain Province: Wild Dog
Mining Site, 50 km southwest of Rabaul on the
Bainings Mountains.
Habitat: Montane mossy forest with Castanopsis,
Agathis, and Casuarina dominant,
ca. 1000m, 4°35’S X 152°03’E
J. Regalado & P. Katik 1071, July 3, 1994
This is a voucher specimen for
pharmacological screening
Sample Accession Number(s): GLA24215-R, GLA24216-S.
Collected under the sponsorship of: Glaxo Group Research
Ltd., University of Illinois at Chicago, Field
Museum of Natural History and Forest Research Institute. Lae.
05016992