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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: WS4E1122
Occurrence ID (GUID): c06a7da5-1599-4b0e-b02e-e2a07b0cba24
Taxon: Trichospermum pleiostigma (F.Muell.) Kosterm.
Family: Malvaceae
Determiner: K. Damas (16 Jan 2008)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   WS4E1122   
Date: 2008-01-16
Verbatim Date: 19 Sep 2007
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583  145.178467
Elevation: 115 meters (377ft)
Habitat: Secondary lowland rainforest
Description: tree, to 17.4 m in height, DBH 8.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 15.42 m, crown height 1.98 m, crown width 2.1 m; foliage 0.3378 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough, with lenticels; fissures broad; bark black, dark brown, white, grey; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown; 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: c06a7da5-1599-4b0e-b02e-e2a07b0cba24
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