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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NS3A0137
Occurrence ID (GUID): 438e6556-e0fe-4b9b-8732-46c27ba1fb0e
Taxon: Piper aduncum L.
Family: Piperaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (13 Feb 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NS3A0137   
Date: 2014-02-13
Verbatim Date: 30 Oct 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 10.59 m in height, DBH 9.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.77 m, crown height 6.82 m, crown width 3.3 m; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.1859 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad; bark dark brown, brown, white, 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: 438e6556-e0fe-4b9b-8732-46c27ba1fb0e
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