Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

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

Catalog #: WP5A0998

Occurrence ID: 9ef4724c-9db3-4ff7-8588-e6017a4dbf57

Taxon: Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Determiner: K. Damas (22 Nov 2007)

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WP5A0998

Date: 2007-11-22

Verbatim Date: 28 Sep 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 6.13 m in height, DBH 5.4 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.58 m, crown height 4.55 m, crown width 2.42 m; foliage 1.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, horizontal, narrow; bark brown, light brown, green; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown, green; 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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Record ID: 9ef4724c-9db3-4ff7-8588-e6017a4dbf57

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