Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)

Catalog #: NP2A0230

Occurrence ID: 6c481650-3db5-4dae-b5b0-0cfe1f2c64bd

Taxon: Sphaeropteris auriculifera (Copel.) R.M.Tryon

Family: Cyatheaceae

Determiner: K. Molem

Date Determined: 27 Sep 2014

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: NP2A0230

Date: 2014-09-27

Verbatim Date: 10 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 6.5 m in height, DBH 6.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.4 m, crown height 3.1 m, crown width 2.7 m; foliage 1.68 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad; bark brown, light brown; cambium black, dark brown; wood black, dark brown, white, cream; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, 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

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