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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5A0999
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6e8b6fbc-7dab-4e2d-9af7-b0634f185988
Taxon: Mallotus peltatus Müll.Arg.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (22 Nov 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5A0999   
Date: 2007-11-22
Verbatim Date: 28 Sep 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 7.45 m in height, DBH 6.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 4.55 m, crown width 4.1 m; foliage 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, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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: 6e8b6fbc-7dab-4e2d-9af7-b0634f185988
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