Shorea robusta Gaertn.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Nepal

• Locality

  1/4 km down jeep trail along north boundary of Tarahara Farm, from Dharan Hwy, Terai, Morang, Koshi

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  27.67, 87.33

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Field Museum of Natural History
Shorea robusta Gaertn.
September 5, 1990
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF NEPAL
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Shorea robusta Gaertn.
Det. By: William Condon June 25, 1987
Field Chr: Tree 25 - 30m; leaves tough,shiny; young bark speckled
smooth, grey-brown;mature bk rough, furrowed
Notes: Flowers yellow, in panicles, fruit yellow with long
spike. Many uses for implements, fiber, etc.
Locality: 1/4 km down jeep trail along north boundary of Tarahara
Farm, from Dharan Hwy, Terai, Morang, Koshi
Habitati Codominant in canopy of Terai mixed hardwood tropical
forest, below 1200 m.
Alt.| 200 m Geogr. Coord.:	27°40'N,	87°20'E
Local Names: "Saal"
Med Uses: Used medicinally (unspecified)
Coll*: W. Condon and A. Condon
No.: 8 Coll. Date| June 10, 1988
M^TSeiS 1 v°uc|}er specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screenincr
NCI Sample Number! Q66O1880-G, Q6601882-I, Q6601881-H. reenin9-
Collected under sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer Institnto
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard '
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago?.
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