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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NP4B0287
Occurrence ID (GUID): 8858d551-06db-4ad8-a8cb-235e57de01bb
Taxon: Horsfieldia spicata (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
Family: Myristicaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (17 Sep 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP4B0287   
Date: 2014-09-17
Verbatim Date: 26 May 2014
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 20.2 m in height, DBH 24.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.7 m, crown height 11.5 m, crown width 9.4 m; foliage 15 kg mature wet mass, 365.7 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures vertical, broad; bark dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium brown, red; wood light brown, white; exudate red; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: manivam, gamka, paiwai Local use: Timber for fence construction and for posts, frame, and flooring in house construction
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Record Id: 8858d551-06db-4ad8-a8cb-235e57de01bb
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