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Taxon: Piper aduncum L.
Family: Piperaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   NS2A0089   

Date: 2014-02-04

Verbatim Date: 18 Oct 2013

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba

-5.7222  145.2714

Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)

Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest

Description: tree, to 9.4 m in height, DBH 10.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.3 m, crown height 6.1 m, crown width 6.1 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.2163 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, brown, grey, green; cambium light brown, orange, red, white; wood light brown, yellow, 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: 1eb15a06-cd09-45f6-a51c-116b12f078c9

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