Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NP2B0162
Occurrence ID (GUID):
be613978-8159-4358-a9b7-3240483703cb
Taxon:Sterculia tantrae Morat Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center NP2B0162
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 28 Mar 2014
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
tree, to 5.89 m in height, DBH 6 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.92 m, crown height 3.97 m, crown width 2.99 m; foliage 118.7 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium brown, cream; wood brown, light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: mondono Local use: Edible fruit and seeds; bark for rope; leaves for paper for smoking