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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5E1259
Occurrence ID (GUID): 7d74a109-818b-48f9-ba3a-8bee15e481e6
Taxon: Teijsmanniodendron ahernianum (Merr.) Bakh.
Family: Lamiaceae
Determiner: G. D. Weiblen (01 Apr 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5E1259   
Date: 2014-04-01
Verbatim Date: 25 Apr 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 17.34 m in height, DBH 18 cm, trunk height to foliage 12.19 m, crown height 5.15 m, crown width 4.37 m; foliage 9.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, white, grey, green; cambium black, brown, light brown, green; 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: 7d74a109-818b-48f9-ba3a-8bee15e481e6
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