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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NP2A0077
Occurrence ID (GUID):
a74e8180-0cee-4dc6-b561-9debc95f084c
Taxon:
Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon
Family: Cyatheaceae
Family: Cyatheaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (25 Aug 2014)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center NP2A0077
Date: 2014-08-25
Verbatim Date: 13 Jun 2013
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
tree fern, to 9.27 m in height, DBH 12.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.59 m, crown height 4.68 m, crown width 6.89 m; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown, white; cambium light brown, orange, red; wood brown, orange, red; exudate orange; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: bomba, pivi, mu ray Local use: Leaves for walls in temporary shelters and houses and for mattresses; edible young leaves
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: a74e8180-0cee-4dc6-b561-9debc95f084c
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