Chisocheton cumingianus (C.DC.) Harms

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Quezon

• Locality

  Luzon, Quezon National Park, 25 km east of Lucena

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 - 300 m. (656 - 984 ft.)

• Coordinates

  13.95, 121.83

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
MELLACEAE
Chisocheton cumingianus (DC.) Harms
Det. By: Soejarto, September 8, 1992
Field char: Tree 20 m tall, dbh 50 cm,
low-branched with c. 2 m main trunk, crown
widespreading. Bark gray-brown, slash pale
brown. Inflorescences ramiflorous, flower buds
greenish white.
Notes: Open flowers with light green calyx, and
reflexed white corolla and stamen tube.
Locality: Luzon: Quezon Province, Quezon
National Park, 25 km east of Lucena.
Habitat: Closed-canopied, mixed Diterocarp
forest. Canopy height c. 30 m.
200-300 m,013657’N X 121°50’E
D.D. Soejarto, D.A. Madulid & O. Fernando 7844,
July 13, 1992
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z6108-Y, U44Z6109-Z
U44Z6110-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 Philippine National Herbarium, Manila.
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