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Taxon: Ficus erythrosperma Miq.
Family: Moraceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS1G0071   

Date: 2011-06-03

Verbatim Date: 20 Nov 2010

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

-6.1631  146.840217

Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 9.4 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.8 m, crown height 4.6 m, crown width 3.6 m; foliage 1.1 kg mature wet mass, 0.1111 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, white; wood light brown, white; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: tantan Local use: latex used as glue to attach dried aninmal skins to drums, for tuning drums, and on arrows; timber for fence construction and firewood

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Record Id: 4e6ca794-61e4-42dc-bf91-5699997e3c54

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