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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP3A0142
Occurrence ID (GUID): 55d6cd7b-1908-4fe0-a8ed-ad0edc65ebbc
Taxon: Beccarianthus acutifolius (Mansf.) J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP3A0142   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 01 Nov 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.162617  146.841967
Elevation: 1777 meters (5829ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 9.16 m in height, DBH 28.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.16 m, crown height 3 m, crown width 8.3 m; foliage 11 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, flaky; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, light brown, orange, white; wood brown, light brown; 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: 55d6cd7b-1908-4fe0-a8ed-ad0edc65ebbc
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