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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NS3A0143
Occurrence ID (GUID):
c232b96d-2110-45d6-846e-8db18a6fc1a8
Taxon:
Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon
Family: Cyatheaceae
Family: Cyatheaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (17 Mar 2014)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center NS3A0143
Date: 2014-03-17
Verbatim Date: 29 Oct 2013
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lower montane forest
Description:
tree fern, to 6.7 m in height, DBH 11 cm, trunk height to foliage 3 m, crown height 3.7 m, crown width 2.1 m; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass, 1.0924 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium light brown, orange, yellow, white; wood light brown, orange, red, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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: c232b96d-2110-45d6-846e-8db18a6fc1a8
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