NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5A1058
Occurrence ID (GUID): e9dc3913-2d7b-46ae-81ef-363887e3b658
Taxon: Pterocymbium beccarii K.Schum.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (17 Jan 2008)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5A1058   
Date: 2008-01-17
Verbatim Date: 02 Oct 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 20.35 m in height, DBH 13.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 14.47 m, crown height 5.88 m, crown width 4.65 m; foliage 2.6 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures vertical, horizontal, broad, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, grey, green; cambium brown, light brown, white, grey, green; wood brown, light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: ningl Local use: used for construction of small huts, used to sharpen canoes
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Record Id: e9dc3913-2d7b-46ae-81ef-363887e3b658
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