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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS2G0155
Occurrence ID (GUID): 2640922b-dccc-49a4-9005-b3d46847fe1c
Taxon: Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M.Tryon
Family: Cyatheaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS2G0155   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 03 Dec 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631  146.840217
Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 9.6 m in height, DBH 11.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.2 m, crown height 4.4 m, crown width 3.6 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow; bark black, dark brown; cambium brown, light brown, white; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kodilom Local use: timber for house and shed construction; leaves are edible and used as cushions
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Record Id: 2640922b-dccc-49a4-9005-b3d46847fe1c
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