Helicia excelsa (Roxb.) Blume

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Riau

• Locality

  Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Telanglakat on Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.77, 102.53

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
Helicia excelsa (Roxb.) Bl.
July 25, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF SUMATRA
LAURACEAE
Litsea
Det. By:
Field Char: Tree 12 m tall x 15 cm dbh.
Inflorescence brownish-yellow? young
fruit green.
Locality: Sumatra: Riau Province,
Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Talanglakat on
Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area.
Habitat: Lowland Dipterocarp forest,
ca. 100 m, 0 46'S X 102 32'E
J.S. Burley et al. 1130, November 4, 1988
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6605050-Z, Q6605051-A
Q6605052-C.
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.
04390818