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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP4A0181
Occurrence ID (GUID): 241feb1c-ee27-49c8-b66d-3da419d5b929
Taxon: Astronidium morobiense J.F.Maxwell
Family: Melastomataceae
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP4A0181   
Date: 2010-11-05
Verbatim Date: 05 Nov 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.162617  146.841967
Elevation: 1777 meters (5829ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 9.7 m in height, DBH 9.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.3 m, crown height 7.4 m, crown width 2.6 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark light brown, grey; cambium light brown; wood light brown; 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: 241feb1c-ee27-49c8-b66d-3da419d5b929
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