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Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS1A0048   

Date: 2006-03-01

Verbatim Date: 01 Mar 2006

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

-5.229583  145.178467

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 31.2 m in height, DBH 22.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 26.6 m, crown height 4.6 m, crown width 6.2 m; foliage 4.8 kg mature wet mass, 0.6469 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures vertical, narrow; bark grey; cambium light brown; wood white, cream; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: tikul Local use: timber for house construction, used for construction of canoes, cambium used for tying roof of houses

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Record Id: 932cc029-b8e5-42e0-9eb2-f2e2a6a037af

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