Pternandra

• 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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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF INDONESIA
MELASTOMATACEAE
Ptemandra/Memecylon
Det. By: de Wilde, August 1, 1991
Field char: Tree 10 m tall, dbh 15 cm. Lower
bright dark green. Twig bark purplish-brown.
Most fruit immature, subglobose, +/- pale
green-yellow with whitish bloom, sticky inside.
Notes: Mature fruit c. 8 mm diameter,
purple-black.
Locality: Sumatra: Sekundur Forest Reserve, E.
side of Gunung Leuser Natural Park, Langkat,
Prov. of North Sumatra. Base camp at Aras
Napal, upper Besitang River area.
Habitat: Primary lowland forest on undulating
land; yellow-brown mixed sand-clay
soil; well drained,
c. 50 m,033°55’N X 098°00’E
W.J.J.O. de Wilde & B.E.E. de Wilde-Duyfjes
21237, August 3, 1991
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z1950-G, U44Z1951-H
U44Z1952-I, U44Z1953-J.
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.
04420111