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Catalog #: NP2A0077

Occurrence ID: a74e8180-0cee-4dc6-b561-9debc95f084c

Family: Cyatheaceae

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP2A0077

Date: 2014-08-25

Verbatim Date: 13 Jun 2013

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

Latitude/Longitude: -5.7222  145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Primary lower montane forest

Description: tree fern, to 9.27 m in height, DBH 12.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.59 m, crown height 4.68 m, crown width 6.89 m; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown, white; cambium light brown, orange, red; wood brown, orange, red; exudate orange; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: bomba, pivi, mu ray Local use: Leaves for walls in temporary shelters and houses and for mattresses; edible young leaves