Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)

Catalog #: WS2A0119

Occurrence ID: f430cbf6-dcc6-455c-b371-49b7e3094cb5

Taxon: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.Arg.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Determiner: K.Damas

Date Determined: 15 Jan 2008

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: WS2A0119

Date: 2008-01-15

Verbatim Date: 28 Mar 2006

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang

Latitude/Longitude: -5.229583 145.178467

Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)

Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest

Description: tree, to 13.9 m in height, DBH 10.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.1 m, crown height 5.8 m, crown width 2.6 m; foliage 1.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.1357 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures vertical, horizontal, broad, narrow; bark brown, light brown, green; cambium brown, light brown; wood light brown, red; exudate cream, red; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: kui iburra Local use: timber for house construction

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