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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS3C0668
Occurrence ID (GUID): 28369a49-98b3-48d4-9eb2-0248178119a4
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS3C0668   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 06 Dec 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 19.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.3 m, crown height 6.9 m, crown width 9.6 m; foliage 16.2 kg mature wet mass, 2 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, white, grey; cambium dark brown, brown; wood dark brown, brown, light brown, white, 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: 28369a49-98b3-48d4-9eb2-0248178119a4
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