NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
NP3B0180
Occurrence ID (GUID):
364513f0-055e-43e1-a1c5-2461a416650b
Taxon:
Areca macrocalyx Zipp. ex Blume
Family: Arecaceae
Family: Arecaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (23 Jun 2014)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center NP3B0180
Date: 2014-06-23
Verbatim Date: 29 Apr 2014
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222 145.2714
Elevation:
1200 meters
(3936ft)
Habitat:
Primary lower montane forest
Description:
palm, to 4.5 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 2 m, crown height 2.5 m, crown width 2.8 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures horizontal, narrow; bark brown; cambium yellow, white; wood white; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kio Local use: Timber for flooring, fronds for walls and roofing in house construction; nuts chewed with piper and lime
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: 364513f0-055e-43e1-a1c5-2461a416650b
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