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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN in £01120339 FLORA OF NEW GUINEA Botanical Collections of the Division of Botany. Department of Forests, Lae. D. Sayers, NGF 19693, 23/5/64 Locality; Tonolei Harbour, Buin subdist., Bougainville Dist., alt. 150 feet. Lat. 6 50 S Long. 155 45 £ Habitat: Rain forest on steep hillside, Annot. Small, much branched tree, height 30 feet, bole 20 feet, d.b.h. 4 inches. Bark reddish-brown, with shallow long fissures: under bark pink, Wood straw. Leaves mid 2n, very brittl pa gr > round, but slightly angled, 3-seeded, aril bright orange, Local name LALUNKNUME . 2» Fruit green, Fam. Euphorbiaceae Name : Aporosa pephana. Pos ef tf A Sdecy het Loe 14 (9 Dupl. sent to: L. Bri. Canb. AK. Bog. Sing. Syd. UH—PNH._US. Bish. MeEBe@492 copyright reserved
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