Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS5A0314
Occurrence ID (GUID):
7e19a38d-c5b2-4bd3-b2e3-0ce923ae8763
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS5A0314
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 29 Jun 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 10.21 m in height, DBH 6.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.96 m, crown height 1.25 m, crown width 3.13 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures vertical, horizontal, broad, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown, white; cambium brown, light brown, green; wood brown, light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: birr Local use: timber for house construction, used to make wooden plates