Aporosa arborea (Blume) Müll.Arg.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Riau

• Locality

  Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km SW of Talanglakat on Rengat-Jambi Rd., Sesirih/Pinang Seminai area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.8, 102.52

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
Aporusa arborea Muell.-Arg.
August 1, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF SUMATRA
EUPHORBIACEAE
Aporusa
Det. By:
Field Char: Tree 30 m tall x 32 cm dbh.
Bark reddish-brown, 4 mm thick, fissured
and crumbly? underbark reddish brown
with watery sap. Fruit orangy-yellow, 15
mm diameter. Seed coat pulpy, orange.
Locality: Sumatra: Riau Province,
Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km SW of Talanglakat
on Rengat-Jambi Rd., Sesirih/Pinang
Seminai area.
Habitat: Alluvial forest near Sesirih
River.
ca. 100 m, 0 48'S X 102 31'E
J.S. Burley et al. 1727, November 26, 1988
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6606323-K, Q6606324-L
Q6606325-M, Q6606326-N.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S.
National Cancer Institute, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Har-
vard University), Field Museum of Natural
History and Herbarium Bogoriense/LIPI.
03932006