Psychotria

No botanical uses.

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PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
RUBIACEAE
Psychotria
Det. By:
Field Char: Understory shrub; leaves moist,
slightly fleshy, dark glossy green above,
yellow-green below; slender stem, wood somewhat
soft and light colored; bark thin; fruits red
with watery pulp when ripe.
Notes: Each fruit with 2 light brown seeds.
Occasional-locally common, most sightings in
fruit.
Locality: Morobe province; hills adjacent to
the Busu river, near Bumayong settlement.
Habitat: Advanced regrowth in lowland hill
forest within mostly intact canopy,
subsistence plot and logging
disturbance in more accessible iasest
section, tall-statured overstory with
somewhat open understory,
c. 200 m, 6°38’S X 147°00’E
W. Takeuchi 7020, November 4, 1990
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Numbers); U44Z0528-J, U44Z0529-K.
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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