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

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Field Museum of Natural History
Aporusa whitmorei? Airy Shaw
July 25, 1990
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.
03932206