Macaranga pleioneura Airy Shaw

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Papua

• County/Municipio

  Mimika (Regency)

• Locality

  PT-Freeport Indonesia Concession Area: Utekini Valley: village area to the West and below Tembagapura. On steep slope at the side of the valley.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1550 m. (5085 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.15, 137.07

• Distribution

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FLORA OF MOUNT JAYA, PAPUA, INDONESIA
(NEW GUINEA)
Rosaceae
Prunus
4° 9’S 137° 4'E
Mimika Regency, PT-Freeport Indonesia Concession Area:
Utekini Valley: village area to the West and below
Tembagapura.
Lower montane forest, very heavily disturbed-
Altitude: 1550m.
On steep slope at the side of the valley in partial shade. - Small
tree 5-6m high; branches dark brown; leaves thinly coriaceous
with 2 basal glands, dark green above, paler beneath;
inflorescence light green; flowers pink; stamens cream.
Sands, M.J.S. 7297	23.8.1998
Herbaria:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense, Kebun
Raya Bogor, the Biodiversity Centre, Cenderawasih University,
Manokwari - with assistance from Rio Tinto and PT-Freeport
Indonesia.
Please send new determinations to Irian Jaya Coordinator,
R.B.G. Kew, TW9 3AE, UK.
03188910