Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS2A0065
Occurrence ID (GUID):
3c930237-a14f-487b-9cf1-1fcd1f189a0e
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS2A0065
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 22 Mar 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 13.99 m in height, DBH 11.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 12.44 m, crown height 1.55 m, crown width 4.3 m; foliage 2.8 kg mature wet mass, 0.102 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; bark dark brown, brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: birr Local use: timber for house construction, used to make wooden plates