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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS3F0279
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6b4cf91b-a2f3-4b9d-922e-2dc1ff80a8ce
Taxon: Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M.Tryon
Family: Cyatheaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS3F0279   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 16 Aug 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.16255  146.839933
Elevation: 1721 meters (5645ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: tree fern, to 8.3 m in height, DBH 10.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.5 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 3.5 m; foliage 3.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; bark black, dark brown, brown; cambium black, brown, white, grey; wood white; exudate absent, 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: 6b4cf91b-a2f3-4b9d-922e-2dc1ff80a8ce
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