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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WP3A0578
Occurrence ID (GUID):
6aa64817-7b77-47da-9c84-d2fbadf80c5a
Taxon:
Caryota rumphiana Mart.
Family: Arecaceae
Family: Arecaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (05 Jul 2007)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center WP3A0578
Date: 2007-07-05
Verbatim Date: 18 Jul 2007
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373 145.177183
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Primary lowland rainforest
Description:
Palm, to 16.15 m in height, DBH 7.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 7.59 m, crown height 8.56 m, crown width 6.21 m; foliage 17.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium black, dark brown, brown, light brown; wood black, dark brown, brown, light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: sauka Local use: axe handle, young shoots eaten as salad
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: 6aa64817-7b77-47da-9c84-d2fbadf80c5a
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