Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS2A0073
Occurrence ID (GUID):
2d56308d-3112-4c87-9249-1f9239d199f7
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS2A0073
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 02 Mar 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 11.9 m in height, DBH 10 cm, trunk height to foliage 10.6 m, crown height 1.3 m, crown width 3.6 m; foliage 4.6 kg mature wet mass, 0.2973 kg juvenile wet mass; bark light brown; 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