Saurauia tafana A.C.Sm.

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Saurauia
A.C. Sin-
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Field Char: Tree 4 m tall; young leaves reddish
beneath; flower buds pink, opened flowers
white.
Locality: Morobe Province: Wau District, along
Wau-Biaru Road to field station on Kuper Range.
Habitat: Montane rain forest dominated by
Castanopsis, Lithocarpus, and
Nothofagus.
ca. 1900m, f *36’S X 146°43’E
J. Regalado & P. Katik 1040, June 23, 1994
This is a voucher specimen for
pharmacological screening
Sample Accession Number(s): GLA24122-Q, GLA24123-R
GLA24124-S.
Collected under the sponsorship of: Glaxo Group Research
Ltd., University of Illinois at Chicago, Field
Museum of Natural History and Forest Research Institute, Lae.
University of Illinois at Chicago
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