NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS4B0461
Occurrence ID (GUID): db271780-047f-4442-9867-7ec9251dcf94
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (21 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS4B0461   
Date: 2007-07-21
Verbatim Date: 17 Oct 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.66 m in height, DBH 20.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 9.44 m, crown height 4.22 m, crown width 5.65 m; foliage 9 kg mature wet mass, 1.0382 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark with lenticels; fissures vertical, broad; bark dark brown, brown, light brown, white; cambium 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
Specimen Images
Record Id: db271780-047f-4442-9867-7ec9251dcf94
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: ()
No comments have been submitted
New Comment
Login to leave a comment.