Eugenia L.

FLORA OF NEW GUINEA
Botanical Collections of the Division
of Botany, Department of Forests, Lae.
D. FRODIN, NGF 26867, 29/5/66
Locality: Mt. Tangis, western slopes,
Talasea, New Britain, altitude 2,000 ft.
Lat. 5 39 S Long. 148 18 E
Habitat: Burnt-over *Casuarina rumphiana*
montane forest on ridge. Probably burnt
1965.
Annot. Tree; buttresses absent; height
40 feet; d.b.h. 8 inches. Bark dark grey,
moderately fissured, scaly; lenticels
absent. Blaze grey-brown. Sapwood pale
orange, narrow; heartwood red. Odour and
exudate absent. Leaves dark green on upper
surface; green on lower surface. Fruit
green; purple when ripe. Local name Napepe.
Fam. Myrtaceae
Name: *Eugenia*
Dupl. sent to: L. Bri. Canb. A.K.
Bog. Sing. Syd. UH. PNH. US. Bish.
NEW YORK
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Papua-New Guinea 247
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Casuarina rumphiana
Eugenia

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