Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS1A0026
Occurrence ID (GUID):
79cf5d66-5bf8-4781-8cc6-c3d3759a8400
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS1A0026
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 28 Feb 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 15.85 m in height, DBH 16.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 11.65 m, crown height 4.2 m, crown width 4.6 m; foliage 15.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.243 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures vertical, broad; bark white, grey; cambium white; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: birr Local use: timber for house construction, used to make wooden plates