Macaranga megacarpa Airy Shaw

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Vanuatu

  • State/Province

    Tafea

  • County/Municipio

    South West Tanna Area Council

  • Locality

    Tanna Island, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 725 m. (2379 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.5796, 169.374

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

The Flora of Vanuatu
New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
(Euphorbiaceae)
Macaranga megacarpa Airy Shaw
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.
S 19° 34' 46.7"; E 169° 22' 26.5"; 725 m elev.
Canopy tree, 15 m tall, 40-50 cm dbh. Growing in
mature, wet forest. Roughly half of all branches
without leaves. DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2839	June 24,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, Jean-Pascal Wahe, Sean
Thackurdeen, Kate Armstrong, Laurence Ramon,
Frazer Alo, Alexis Tupun, Jerome Neru Iarapat &
David Kapwia.
A collaboration of NYBG and PVNH, funded by
the National Science Foundation and The Christensen Fund
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