NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS1B0582
Occurrence ID (GUID): 51eb4f82-64b4-48e5-b774-bfaf0408c51e
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS1B0582   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 20 Jul 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 14.04 m in height, DBH 10.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 11.54 m, crown height 2.5 m, crown width 3.33 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass, 0.0437 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical; bark brown, white, green; cambium brown; wood light brown, white; 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
Specimen Images
Record Id: 51eb4f82-64b4-48e5-b774-bfaf0408c51e
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: ()
No comments have been submitted
New Comment
Login to leave a comment.