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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP4C0868
Occurrence ID (GUID): 23e3fcbd-785a-46eb-b293-001da1fd8222
Taxon: Sterculia tantrae Morat
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP4C0868   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 19 Apr 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 22.24 m in height, DBH 28.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.85 m, crown height 11.39 m, crown width 5.36 m, buttresses up to 1.25 m; foliage 4.4 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, flaky, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, red; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: alamé Local use: nuts are gathered for food
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Record Id: 23e3fcbd-785a-46eb-b293-001da1fd8222
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