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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1E0006
Occurrence ID (GUID): a110d7da-88d6-488f-a677-d01204626f7e
Taxon: Astronidium morobiense J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Determiner: K. Molem (22 Oct 2015)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1E0006   
Date: 2015-10-22
Verbatim Date: 07 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067  146.83985
Elevation: 1719 meters (5638ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 16.6 m in height, DBH 10.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 8 m, crown height 8.6 m, crown width 5 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass, 0.119 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium white; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: ipa ipa Local use: timber for house, shed, and fencing construction
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Record Id: a110d7da-88d6-488f-a677-d01204626f7e
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