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Drypetes
As recorded: Drypetes Vahl
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Putranjivaceae
- Collected by
- Powell, J.M.
- Collector number
- 1719
- Date
- June 26, 1972
- Locality
- Taware Area; waste ground on Haibuga marsh margin near Telabo
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 1,585 m
- Identified by
- van Royen, P.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 26, 1972, Powell, J.M. also collected 13 other specimens.
Drypetes observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1972. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,415 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25
Taiwan, TW
(c) usaviah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Googa State Forest
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-10-25
Googa State Forest
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-10-20
Queensland, AU
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-10-19
Struck Oil QLD 4714, Australia
(c) lachlan_harriman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-18
Bungawalbin NSW 2469, Australia
(c) Nicholas John Fisher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Drypetes. BISH 442202. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956405227. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/442202.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956405227 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
