Mallotus pleiogynus Pax & K.Hoffm.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  East Sepik

• Locality

  Waskuk Hills, base of ridge at Garuka village

• Elevation

  Alt. 30 m. (98 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -4.18, 142.73

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mallotus pleiogynus Pax & K.Hoffm.
Det. Kristo Kulju	Date: 26 Oct 2006
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden branch (L)
EUPHORBIACEAE
Octosperrmm pleiogynum (Pax & Hoffm.) Airy Shaw
Det. By:
Field Char: Canopy tree, bole straight; leaves
spiral, adaxial side dark green, abaxially whitish
with punctulate glands; fruits indehiscent; pericarp
entire when fresh, collapsing along the septae
with drying, becoming conspicuously ridged.
Notes: Used for general construction. Edible
larbae are obtained from the dead wood. Flowers
are bottled.
Locality: East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills,
base of ridge at Garuka village.
Habitat: Swamp forest.
30 m., 4°11’SX 142°44’E
Local Names: "hopkos mange"
W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado 10287, July 6, 1995
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): 0FCZ1985-S, 0FCZ1986-T
0FCZ1987-U, 0FCZ1988-V, 0FCZ1989-W.
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 Ms collection, specifying that
it is a TMversity of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
04080510