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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP3D0684
Occurrence ID (GUID): 41f281e3-e1ea-4746-8e9c-b445566d424b
Taxon: Chisocheton ceramicus Miq.
Family: Meliaceae
Determiner: G. Sosanika (30 Nov 2009)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP3D0684   
Date: 2009-11-30
Verbatim Date: 17 Mar 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.32 m in height, DBH 13.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.9 m, crown height 4.42 m, crown width 6.08 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, flaky, with lenticels; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium dark brown, red; wood black, dark brown, brown, light brown, red, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: maksang maku Local use: timber for house construction, used for construction of small huts, porches, and balconies
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Record Id: 41f281e3-e1ea-4746-8e9c-b445566d424b
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