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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS4C0718
Occurrence ID (GUID): e177e0a4-f64f-495a-ba86-4a153091f685
Taxon: Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br.
Family: Apocynaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (20 Jul 2007)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS4C0718   
Date: 2007-07-20
Verbatim Date: 29 Nov 2006
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 5.29 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.79 m, crown height 3.5 m, crown width 2.35 m; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures broad, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, light brown, white, grey; cambium light brown, white, green; wood light brown, white, cream; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: bugul Local use: for table construction, medicinal use, latex applied to cuts, timber for house construction, timber for canoe construction
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