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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP3D1314
Occurrence ID (GUID): a920a08e-2961-4b46-bcdb-9c362a51f315
Taxon: Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Alston
Family: Connaraceae
Determiner: K. Damas (11 Jan 2008)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP3D1314   
Date: 2008-01-11
Verbatim Date: 13 Feb 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: climber, to 32 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.8 m, crown height 21.2 m, crown width 9.7 m; foliage 6 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, white, grey; cambium light brown, pink; wood light brown, pink; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: kapu kiské simi Local use: nutrient source for breast feeding, herbal medicine, timber for house construction
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Record Id: a920a08e-2961-4b46-bcdb-9c362a51f315
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