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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1E0042
Occurrence ID (GUID): c183c2e1-5da6-4673-b67a-c63606a6cd20
Taxon: Astronidium morobiense J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Determiner: K. Molem (22 Oct 2015)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1E0042   
Date: 2015-10-22
Verbatim Date: 28 Apr 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067  146.83985
Elevation: 1719 meters (5638ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 7.7 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 2.7 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0.107 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark light brown, white, grey; cambium light brown, yellow, 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: c183c2e1-5da6-4673-b67a-c63606a6cd20
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