Dissochaeta

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Sumatera Utara

• Locality

  Sekundur Forest Reserve; E. Side of Gunung Leuser Natural Park, Langkat, Prov. North Sumatra; base camp at Aras Napal; Upper Besitang River area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 50 m. (164 ft.)

• Coordinates

  33.92, 98

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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I Tniversitv of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF INDONESIA
MELASTOMATACEAE
Dissochaeta
Det. By: de Wilde, July 1, 1991
Field Char : Liana 6-15 m tall. Twigs drooping.
Tomentum red-brown. Calyx and ovary brown
tomentulose. Petals pale, pink-white,
filaments white, anthers purple-brown.
Notes: Common.
Locality: Sumatra: Sekundur Forest Reserve, E.
side of Gunung Leuser Natural Park; Langkat,
Prov. N. Sumatra; base camp at Aras Napal;
Upper Besitang River Area.
Habitat: Dryland forest margin, along old
logging road, in c. 15 years old
logged-over lowland forest,
c. 50 m,033°55’N X 098°00’E
W.J.J.O. de Wilde & B.E.E. de Wilde-Duyfjes
21086, July 20, 1991
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z1785-Z, U44Z1786-A.
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 Rijksherbarium, Leiden and Herbarium
Bogoriense/LIPI.
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