NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS3B1213
Occurrence ID (GUID):
05236556-f64c-430d-b740-cf4688ea6a04
Taxon:
Areca catechu L.
Family: Arecaceae
Family: Arecaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (21 Jul 2007)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS3B1213
Date: 2007-07-21
Verbatim Date: 13 Oct 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
Palm, to 4.57 m in height, DBH 6.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.57 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 1.75 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; bark green; cambium light brown; wood light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: auli Local use: nuts are eaten with lime and Piperaceae
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: 05236556-f64c-430d-b740-cf4688ea6a04
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