Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)

Catalog Number / Barcode: WP4A0977

Occurrence ID: d5d681c9-77fb-4bfa-ac29-b9b191a17c5d

Taxon: Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Determiner: K. Damas

Date Determined: 13 Nov 2007

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP4A0977

Date: 2007-11-13

Verbatim Date: 21 Aug 2007

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.2373 145.177183

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 7.66 m in height, DBH 5.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.9 m, crown height 3.76 m, crown width 5.25 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0.0674 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; bark cream, grey; cambium light brown; wood light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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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