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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NP1A0044
Occurrence ID (GUID): d6f731b3-0f4d-4ed6-aba6-95e933562e20
Taxon: Gomphandra montana (G.Schellenb.) Sleumer
Family: Stemonuraceae
Determiner: K. Molem (15 Sep 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP1A0044   
Date: 2014-09-15
Verbatim Date: 03 Jun 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: small tree, to 8.3 m in height, DBH 8 cm, trunk height to foliage 5 m, crown height 3.3 m, crown width 4.2 m; foliage 1.1 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures horizontal, broad; bark light brown, grey, green; cambium light brown, white, cream; wood white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: vaivai Local use: Timber for fence construction and for posts and frame in house construction; firewood; digging tool to plant crops
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Record Id: d6f731b3-0f4d-4ed6-aba6-95e933562e20
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