Pterospermum obliquum Blanco

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Pterospermum obliquum Blanco

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Varadarajan 1530, 05 Aug 1987

  • Location

    Philippines. Panay Island: southwestern range of Mt. Baloy, Musay, 3-7 km north of Lublub.

  • Habitat

    evergreen forest in a riparian habitat. w/ occas'l Clerodendron, Macaranga, Ficus, Terminalia ass'n.

  • Description

    an occasional tree with coriaceous leaves, pendent fruits, splitting into valves.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4352660

    Occurrence ID: 9a86746f-9902-4540-bbe2-be4e4c793161

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Panay Island: southwestern range of Mt. Baloy, Musay, 3-7 km north of Lublub.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 350 - 400 m. (1148 - 1312 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    11.08, 122.08

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
Genus: Pterospermum
Species: obliquum
Authority: Blco.
Family: Sterculiaceae
Det. By: G.S. Varadarajan August 5, 1987
Field Chr: An occasional tree with coriaceous leaves, pendent
fruits, splitting into valves.
Locality: Panay Island: Southwestern range of Mt. Baloy, Musay,
3-7 km north of Lublub.
Habitat: Evergreen forest in a riparian habitat w/ occas'l
Clerodendron, Macaranga, Ficus, Terminalia ass'n.
Alt.: 350-400 m Geogr. Coord.: 11 05 NX 122 05 E
Coll.: G.S. Varadarajan, Reynoso, Fernando, Mosing
No.: 1530 Coll. Date: August 5, 1987
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number: Q6601700-K, Q6601701-L, Q66O1702-M
Q6601703-N.
Collected under contract to: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago).
Pterospermum obliquum Blanco
S.K.Ganesan Edinburgh 2017
Field Museum of Natural History
Pterospermum obliquum Blco.
October 17, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
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