Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
YP2D0115
Occurrence ID (GUID):
e2567eb4-c95a-4242-a32e-817055585698
Taxon:Sterculia tantrae Morat Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center YP2D0115
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 04 Aug 2012
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1642 146.840083
Elevation:
1738 meters
(5701ft)
Habitat:
Primary montane rainforest
Description:
tree, to 40.15 m in height, DBH 25.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 16 m, crown height 24.15 m, crown width 5.1 m, buttresses up to 1.5 m; foliage 48 kg mature wet mass, 28.5 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, flaky, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark light brown, white, grey, green; cambium light brown, orange, pink; wood white, cream, from felled plot. Local name: dot Local use: timber for house and fencing construction; firewood; leaves used as paper for cigarettes