NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NP1B0011
Occurrence ID (GUID):
26d6c33d-3378-4751-8c91-2efb42e806ac
Taxon:
Gnetum gnemon L.
Family: Gnetaceae
Family: Gnetaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (18 Aug 2014)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center NP1B0011
Date: 2014-08-18
Verbatim Date: 17 Mar 2014
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
tree, to 7.42 m in height, DBH 6.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.82 m, crown height 4.6 m, crown width 2.83 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures horizontal, broad; bark dark brown, brown; cambium yellow, cream, grey; wood yellow, grey; 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: 26d6c33d-3378-4751-8c91-2efb42e806ac
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