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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS3F0342
Occurrence ID (GUID): 8517a837-fa89-4da2-98b4-6331866611f9
Taxon: Sterculia tantrae Morat
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS3F0342   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 14 Aug 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.16255  146.839933
Elevation: 1721 meters (5645ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 29.35 m in height, DBH 44.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 14.65 m, crown height 14.7 m, crown width 4.3 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark grey, green; cambium brown; wood light brown; exudate absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: dot Local use: timber for house and fencing construction; firewood; leaves used as paper for cigarettes
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Record Id: 8517a837-fa89-4da2-98b4-6331866611f9
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