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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS2B0540
Occurrence ID (GUID): 06e3c7d1-3d87-4150-af8f-9451fa1710cc
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS2B0540   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 25 Aug 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.7 m in height, DBH 14.3 cm, trunk height to foliage 7.95 m, crown height 5.75 m, crown width 4.4 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.1974 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; bark white, grey; cambium light brown, cream, green; wood light brown, yellow, 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
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Record Id: 06e3c7d1-3d87-4150-af8f-9451fa1710cc
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