Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS2A0098
Occurrence ID (GUID):
4b14e6fd-87d0-435c-a9f3-6274d361fec0
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS2A0098
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 23 Mar 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 15.2 m in height, DBH 16.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 11.7 m, crown height 3.5 m, crown width 3.9 m; foliage 14.4 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium light brown, white; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: birr Local use: timber for house construction, used to make wooden plates