Sundacarpus amara (Blume) C.N.Page

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  West New Britain

• County/Municipio

  Talasea Distr.

• Locality

  Mt. Talawe, S.W. slope

• Elevation

  Alt. 792 m. (2598 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -5.53, 148.3

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF NEW GUINEA
Botanical Collections of the Division
of Botany, Department of Forests, Lae.
Vo to
ANJCAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.
E.A. Cope	13 June 1988
L.H. BAILEY HORTORIUM, CORNELL UNIVERSITY (BH)
Annot. Tree; buttresses absent; height
80 feet; d.b.h. 12 inches. Bark dark
brown, rough, with shallow, ragged
fissures; lenticels raised, abundant.
Inner bark red. Blaze dark orange,
corky. Wood pale orange. Exudate absent.
Odour absent. Leaves dark green on upper
surface; green to glaucous on lower
surface. Young cones yellow. Seed
yellow-green. Local name Nelil (2).
Fam.	Podocarpaceae
w	Podocarpus c.f. neriifolius
Name:
Dupl. sent to: L. Bri. Canb. A;BT“
Bog. Sing. Syd. UH. PNH. US. Bish.
D. FRODIN,	NGF 26857,	26/5/66
Locality : Mt., Talawe, S.W. slope, Talasea,
New Britain, altitude 2,600 feet.
Lat. 5 32 S	Long.	148 18 E
Habitat: Montane forest. Common in forest
together with Podocarpus.
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