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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS2B0523
Occurrence ID (GUID): 25db92eb-751f-4242-a13a-78ed9725adaf
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS2B0523   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 01 Sep 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.6 m in height, DBH 19.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.45 m, crown height 9.15 m, crown width 6.42 m; foliage 12 kg mature wet mass, 0.8794 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures vertical, horizontal, broad, narrow; bark black, white, grey; cambium brown, light brown; wood light brown, 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: 25db92eb-751f-4242-a13a-78ed9725adaf
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