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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS3F0380
Occurrence ID (GUID): 2c6ebb6a-2e82-4c3d-9974-5ad69cbdbd80
Taxon: Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M.Tryon
Family: Cyatheaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS3F0380   
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 fern, to 5 m in height, DBH 8 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.4 m, crown height 3.6 m, crown width 1.6 m, spines or thorns present; foliage 0.3 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; bark black; cambium black, brown, orange; wood white, cream; 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: 2c6ebb6a-2e82-4c3d-9974-5ad69cbdbd80
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