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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP4A0971
Occurrence ID (GUID): 4f2f3b9c-bd8d-4c04-baa1-dbda2d430511
Taxon: Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (14 Nov 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP4A0971   
Date: 2007-11-14
Verbatim Date: 27 Aug 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 8.95 m in height, DBH 6.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.45 m, crown height 6.5 m, crown width 4.25 m; foliage 1.8 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; bark brown, green; cambium brown; wood brown, light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: siau siau Local use: timber for house construction, used for construction of small huts, used for firewood
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Record Id: 4f2f3b9c-bd8d-4c04-baa1-dbda2d430511
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