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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP4E0812
Occurrence ID (GUID): 30b664d9-c4ec-4d3d-b3db-acca789c32c7
Taxon: Teijsmanniodendron ahernianum (Merr.) Bakh.
Family: Lamiaceae
Determiner: G. D. Weiblen (01 Apr 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP4E0812   
Date: 2014-04-01
Verbatim Date: 31 Oct 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 24.2 m in height, DBH 30.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 7.2 m, crown height 17 m, crown width 7.5 m; foliage 13.2 kg mature wet mass, 0.4482 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark flaky, with lenticels; fissures vertical; bark brown, white; cambium dark brown, brown; wood light brown, yellow; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: sigil sigil Local use: can cause skin irritation when burned in fire, used for constructing balconies, small huts, and bridges
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Record Id: 30b664d9-c4ec-4d3d-b3db-acca789c32c7
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