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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NP4B0282
Occurrence ID (GUID): 042b9ea7-2930-4aba-a26b-b9941143b4a8
Taxon: Cinnamomum grandiflorum Kosterm.
Family: Lauraceae
Determiner: K. Molem (17 Jul 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP4B0282   
Date: 2014-07-17
Verbatim Date: 09 Jun 2014
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 39.1 m in height, trunk height to foliage 21.6 m, crown height 17.5 m, crown width 10.2 m, buttresses up to 2.2 m; foliage 90 kg mature wet mass; outer bark flaky, with lenticels; bark brown, grey; cambium brown, light brown, orange; wood white; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: rigowo Local use: Timber for house construction; bark for herbal medicine and for warding off evil spirits; spice for cooking
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Record Id: 042b9ea7-2930-4aba-a26b-b9941143b4a8
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