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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NP4B0246
Occurrence ID (GUID): 86ce6d20-9418-4c43-9cef-c9891584fc1c
Taxon: Hydriastele wendlandiana (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude
Family: Arecaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   NP4B0246   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 14 May 2014
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Primary lower montane forest
Description: palm, to 11.6 m in height, DBH 7.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.6 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 1.7 m; foliage 0.5103 kg mature wet mass, 0.0512 kg juvenile wet mass; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, light brown, grey; cambium light brown, yellow; wood yellow, pink; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: ariki, kiyowo Local use: Wood for spear heads; edible nuts
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Record Id: 86ce6d20-9418-4c43-9cef-c9891584fc1c
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