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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5A1066
Occurrence ID (GUID): 27c0b71b-69e5-4b26-917a-292ee94dda4a
Taxon: Teijsmanniodendron ahernianum (Merr.) Bakh.
Family: Lamiaceae
Determiner: G. D. Weiblen (01 Apr 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5A1066   
Date: 2014-04-01
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 7.7 m in height, DBH 6.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.18 m, crown height 3.52 m, crown width 2.98 m; foliage 1.6 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown, white, green; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown, white; 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: 27c0b71b-69e5-4b26-917a-292ee94dda4a
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