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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1E0002
Occurrence ID (GUID): 0f60ef6c-3aef-4564-b22f-4beb18b40704
Taxon: Astronidium morobiense J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Determiner: K. Molem (22 Oct 2015)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1E0002   
Date: 2015-10-22
Verbatim Date: 04 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067  146.83985
Elevation: 1719 meters (5638ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 24 m in height, DBH 21.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 18 m, crown height 6 m, crown width 6.2 m; foliage 13 kg mature wet mass, 0.38 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: ipa ipa Local use: timber for house, shed, and fencing construction
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Record Id: 0f60ef6c-3aef-4564-b22f-4beb18b40704
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