Chisocheton cumingianus (C.DC.) Harms

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• County/Municipio

  Puerto Princesa City

• Locality

  Irawan, forest above Impapai, behind BFD Field Station

• Elevation

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

• Coordinates

  9.83, 118.63

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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BOTANICAL
Garden
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04421862
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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
MELIACEAE
Chisocheton cumingianus aff.
Det. By:
Field Char: Tree 18 m tall, dbh 38 cm, bark
brownish gray, fissured and cracked and peeling
off, slash white, wood white; fruits
yellow-brown, in bunches along twigs.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality Puerto
Princesa, Irawan, forest above Impapai, behind
BFD Field Station.
Habitat: Primary forest along ridgge on E-W
axis, with Pometia pinnata and
Koordersiodendron pinnatum.
350-400 m, 9°50’N X 118°38’E
D.D. Soejarto, E. Reynoso, E. Sagcal, R. Edrada
7013, March 22, 1990
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z1498-0, U44Z1499-P
U44Z1500-Q.
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 Department of Botany, National Museum,
Philippines.
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