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Catalog (Accession) #: 958168
Occurrence ID (GUID): b6109b81-8d77-457f-9eee-77e409d351cf
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1299390
Taxon: Dicksonia sciurus C.Chr.
Family: Dicksoniaceae
Determiner: H. Nowatuo (11 Mar 2013)
Collector: Weiblen, G.D.   YP4C0279   
Date: 2012-04-13
Verbatim Date: 13 Apr 2012
Additional Collectors: Binatang Research Center
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Yawan
-6.16302  146.84298
Elevation: meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1732
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: TREE to 16.1m in height, DBH 25.8cm, trunk height to foliage 9.5m, crown height 6.6m, crown width 4.2m, OUTER BARK rough, flaky, FISSURES vertical, broad, BARK black, dark brown,CAMBIUM black, dark brown, WOOD brown, light brown, EXUDATE orange, red, DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot.
Notes: Local Name: kaminge; imondim, Local Use: edible young leaves; shoots used as bait when hunting tree kangaroos
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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: b6109b81-8d77-457f-9eee-77e409d351cf
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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