Aporosa whitmorei Airy Shaw

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Riau

• Locality

  Tigapulu Mts., 5 km W of Talanglakat on Rengat - Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.77, 102.53

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
euphorbiaceae
Aporusa whltmorel ? Airy Shaw
Det. by: J.S. Burley
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF SUMATRA
EUPHORBIACEAE
Aporosa
Det. By:
Field Char: Treelet 8 m tall x 10 cm dbh.
Bark brown, more or less smooth, thin (2
mm). Fruit turning red, seeds orange.
Locality: Sumatra: Riau Province,
Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Telanglakat on
Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area.
Habitat: Primary forest,
ca. 100 m, 0 46'S X 102 32'E
J.S. Burley et al. 1400, November 12, 1988
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6606175-X, Q6606176-Y
Q6606177-Z, Q6606178-A.
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.
03932205