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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WP5E1265
Occurrence ID (GUID): c2575516-74bf-42a4-bcb8-b167582ee367
Taxon: Pangium edule Reinw.
Family: Achariaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (26 Apr 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WP5E1265   
Date: 2007-04-26
Verbatim Date: 26 Apr 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.2373  145.177183
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Primary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 18.8 m in height, DBH 15.4 cm, trunk height to foliage 13.1 m, crown height 5.7 m, crown width 6 m, stilt roots up to 0.23 m; foliage 9.2 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, yellow; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: yandu Local use: leaves used as poison for killing fish, fruits are edible
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Record Id: c2575516-74bf-42a4-bcb8-b167582ee367
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