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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP3D0168
Occurrence ID (GUID): b22817a5-74cf-4829-a553-6b52983eab8c
Taxon: Beccarianthus acutifolius (Mansf.) J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP3D0168   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 10 Aug 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1642  146.840083
Elevation: 1738 meters (5701ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 11.23 m in height, DBH 13.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.23 m, crown height 6 m, crown width 3.1 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 0.21 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark light brown, orange, yellow, red; cambium white, cream; 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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