Aporosa oblonga Müll.Arg.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Bangladesh

• Locality

  Chittagong, Cox's Bazar District, Ramu, 10 km north of Cox's Bazar. At the edge of a forest.

• Elevation

  Alt. 10 m. (33 ft.)

• Coordinates

  21.42, 92.08

• Location Notes

  [Tropical Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Field Museum of Natural History
A.M. Huq, et al. 10531
Euphorbiaceae
Aporosa oblonga Muell. Arg.
DET. A.M. Huq, 9/20/1999
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF BANGLADESH
EUPHORBIACEAE
Aporusa
Det. By: A. M. Huq, May 15, 1999
Field Char: A low tree c. 15-20 ft tall, spreading; fruit
orange-red, pulp orange-red, tasty.
Locality: Bangladesh: Chittagong, Cox's Bazar District,
Ramu, 10 km north of Cox's Bazar.
Habitat: At the edge of a forest.
10m,21°25' "N x 92°05' "E
A. M. Huq and M. K. Mia 10531, May 15, 1999
This is a voucher specimen for pharmacological screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): 0GHA0823-H , 0GHA0824-I , 0GHA0825-J.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History
and Bangladesh National Herbarium (DACB).
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new determination of this
collection, specifying that it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
03931952