Psychotria

No botanical uses.

PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
YO^JS
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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RUBIACEAE
Psychotria
Det. By:
Field Char: Woody climber; leaves moist-textured,
coriaceous, dull dark green above, medium green
below; stipules yellow-green, caducous; fruits
translucent white, 2-seeded, infructescence
axes white.
Notes: Generally infrequent in area; climbing on
Alstonia spathulata.
Locality: Morobe Province: logging road near
Markham Village, along the margin of Labu
Swamp.
Habitat: Swamp forest on alluvial flats,
periodically flooded forest.
50-100 m,006°43’S X 146°53’E
W. Takeuchi 7148, July 10, 1991
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z0750-Y, U44Z0751-Z.
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.
University of Illinois at Chicago
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