Memecylon amplexicaule Roxb.

• 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
Memecyl-on amp!exicaule Roxb.
August 1, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF SUMATRA
MELASTOMATACEAE
Memecylon
Det. By:
Field Char: Tree 10 m tall x 16 cm dbh.
Bark brown, with longitudinal cracks?
underbark pale, brownish, 2 mm thick.
Fruit green.
Locality: Sumatra: Riau Province,
Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Telanglakat on
Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area.
Habitat: Secondary forest near old
logging road,
ca. 100 m, 0 46'S X 102 32'E
Local Names: "Buting”
J.S. Burley et al. 1635, November 22, 1988
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6606300-K, Q6606301-L
Q6606302-M, Q6606303-N.
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.
04397607