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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP4B3506
Occurrence ID (GUID): f49f123c-6e59-4d7f-89d3-913c1e0a1796
Taxon: Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (13 Nov 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP4B3506   
Date: 2007-11-13
Verbatim Date: 14 Aug 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 7.93 m in height, trunk height to foliage 2.35 m, crown height 5.58 m, crown width 6.35 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; bark brown, grey; cambium red; wood orange; 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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Record Id: f49f123c-6e59-4d7f-89d3-913c1e0a1796
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