Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
WP4C1327
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Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.
Euphorbiaceae
Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Binatang Research Center
WP4C1327
2021-07-10
07 Apr 2007
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373 145.177183
115 meters (377ft)
Primary lowland rainforest
tree, to 8.52 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.53 m, crown height 3.99 m, crown width 3.1 m, buttresses up to 0.32 m; foliage 6.016 kg mature wet mass, 0.0343 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, white, grey, green; cambium dark brown, brown, red, pink, grey; wood light brown, red, pink, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kui unge duag Local use: timber for house construction, used for building small huts