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Taxon: Syzygium acuminatissimum (Blume) DC.
Family: Myrtaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP1B0074   

Date: 2014-05-13

Verbatim Date: 18 Mar 2014

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

-5.7222  145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Primary lower montane forest

Description: tree, to 3 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.28 m, crown height 0.72 m, crown width 1 m; foliage 0.1635 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark grey; cambium grey; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: dako, yapoi, yazi Local use: Timber for fence construction and for posts and frame in house construction; firewood; sticks to support sugar cane and yams; fruits for stones to hunt birds

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