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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS2B0530
Occurrence ID (GUID): 07e287b1-d374-4c30-aeaa-a894fb35bb6f
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Fazang (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS2B0530   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 28 Aug 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.9 m in height, DBH 10.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 11 m, crown height 2.9 m, crown width 3.42 m; foliage 2.6 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, horizontal, broad, narrow; bark black, grey; cambium dark brown; wood light brown, grey; 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: 07e287b1-d374-4c30-aeaa-a894fb35bb6f
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