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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NP1A0065
Occurrence ID (GUID): 2a5e899a-fe85-42f3-9bdc-8f6cd1ad7758
Taxon: Rhus taitensis Guill.
Family: Anacardiaceae
Determiner: M. Rimandai (24 Feb 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP1A0065   
Date: 2014-02-24
Verbatim Date: 24 Jun 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 26.1 m in height, DBH 33.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 18.9 m, crown height 7.2 m, crown width 6.6 m, buttresses up to 1.8 m; foliage 16 kg mature wet mass, 0.105 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown, pink, white; cambium light brown, red, pink, white, cream; wood brown, pink, white, cream; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: kwamoi, mineviyam Local use: Walls in house construction; sap for glue to make axe handles
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Record Id: 2a5e899a-fe85-42f3-9bdc-8f6cd1ad7758
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