Vavaea amicorum Benth.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Philippines

• State/Province

  Palawan

• Locality

  Muncipality Puerto Princesa, Irawan River Valley, Tantanarom

• Elevation

  Alt. 800 m. (2625 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.85, 118.62

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
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Det, D. D. Soejarto
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
MELIACEAE
Vavaea cf. amicorum Benth. vel sp. nov.
Det. By: D.D. Soejarto, December 1, 1989
Field Char: Tree 10 m tall, sap scanty, fruit
chalky bluish white, glossy, persistent calyx
green.
Locality: Palawan: Municipality Puerto
Princesa, Irawan River Valley, Tatanarom, trail
from campsite to peak of Mt. Beaufort.
Habitat: Primary slope forest, rocky
streamside, rock crevice; with
Agathis.
800 m, 9°51’N X 118°37’E
D.D. Soejarto, E. Reynoso, E. Sagcal and R. Rutz
6463, April 7, 1989
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6607892-P, Q6607893-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.
04423225