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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NS3A0132
Occurrence ID (GUID): c947b83d-8656-41e9-a993-6d546dfbf875
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (13 Feb 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NS3A0132   
Date: 2014-02-13
Verbatim Date: 26 Oct 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 16.4 m in height, DBH 14 cm, trunk height to foliage 14.4 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 3 m; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.2568 kg juvenile wet mass; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: wavu Local use: Bark for rope to make bilum (string bags) and tying pigs; firewood; for posts, walls, and roofing in house construction
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Record Id: c947b83d-8656-41e9-a993-6d546dfbf875
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