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Taxon: Piper aduncum L.
Family: Piperaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   NS2A0059   

Date: 2014-02-13

Verbatim Date: 16 Oct 2013

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

-5.7222  145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest

Description: tree, to 10.24 m in height, DBH 9.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.42 m, crown height 7.82 m, crown width 3 m, stilt roots up to 0.8 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 209.8 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow; bark white, green; cambium light brown, white; wood white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: krangim gonga wo Local use: Timber for fence construction; bark for rope to tie fences; roofing in house construction; firewood

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Record Id: 0ef75e9b-6643-4d2d-b1b3-aea8c5e655ef

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