Mallotus echinatus Elmer

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  East Sepik

• Locality

  April River near confluence with the Sitipa

• Elevation

  Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.57, 142.58

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Paul->
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
EUPHORBIACEAE
Mallotus echinatus Elm.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi, May 1997
Field Char: Subcanopy tree; unbuttressed, outer bark
pale brown, inner bark reddish; wood straw; Inflorescence
racemose, male flowers red in bud; stamens many; filaments
yellow.
Notes: Used for house construction. Not suitable
for building canoes.
Locality: East Sepik Province: April River near
confluence with the Sitipa.
Habitat: Pristine lowland hill forest on mafic
substrate, ascending Crestline.
175 m., 4°34’S X 142°35’E
Local Names: "me tetepe"
W. Takeuchi 10374, July 22, 1995
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and anti-
AIDS screening NCI Sample Numbers): 0FCZ0877-N,
OFCZ0878-0,0FCZ0879-P, 0FCZ0880-Q, 0FCZ0881-R.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of
Natural History and Papua New Guinea National Herbarium, Lae.
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new
determination of this collection, specifying that
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
04080153