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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: NS3A0168
Occurrence ID (GUID): 0f850ac0-1a2e-469b-84e6-64c3bd3f1a70
Taxon: Piper aduncum L.
Family: Piperaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (14 Feb 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   NS3A0168   
Date: 2014-02-14
Verbatim Date: 24 Oct 2013
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, Numba
-5.7222  145.2714
Elevation: 1200 meters (3936ft)
Habitat: Secondary lower montane forest
Description: tree, to 9.6 m in height, DBH 10 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.5 m, crown height 6.1 m, crown width 3 m,0.1061 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, white, grey, green; cambium light brown, orange, red, white; wood 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: 0f850ac0-1a2e-469b-84e6-64c3bd3f1a70
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