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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NP1A0239
Occurrence ID (GUID):
04641ad8-6850-489a-b880-6aafa824eb57
Taxon:
Gnetum gnemon L.
Family: Gnetaceae
Family: Gnetaceae
Determiner: J. Yalang (25 Feb 2014)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center NP1A0239
Date: 2014-02-25
Verbatim Date: 21 Jun 2013
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
climber, to 45.05 m in height, trunk height to foliage 32.55 m, crown height 12.5 m, crown width 12.6 m; foliage 4.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.11 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium white, cream; wood white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: werigo nara Local use: Timber for posts in house construction; leaves edible when cooked; edible seeds; bark for string to make bilum (string bags) and to tie houses and fences
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: 04641ad8-6850-489a-b880-6aafa824eb57
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