Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe

The New York Botanical Garden
Papua NewGuinea
Dracontomelftn dm Bl.
Anacardaceae
870m Long,/Lat,: 7° 12' S 146° 36'
Roadside of 24road conpaund 14road,
14km WWN from Bulolo.
Habitat:	Foothills and low mountains
Vernacular Name: Loc(Nasingalatu village in Morobe prov.),
Use:	A decoction of the leaves is drunk to ease
intense side pains. The bark is also of
medicinal value,,
29/11/1994
Decidious trees up to 50m tall; buttressed.
Leaves petioled, spiral, imparipinnate, with
4-9pairs of leaflets. Flowers bisexual, in
panicles, white or greenish white, five petals,
five stamens. Fruit a drupe, brown when
ripe.
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