Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
WS5A0322
Occurrence ID (GUID):
54a1d582-3c6d-4165-a366-8f3675ea66fe
Taxon:Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Family: Rubiaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center WS5A0322
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 22 Jun 2006
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Wanang
-5.229583 145.178467
Elevation:
115 meters
(377ft)
Habitat:
Secondary lowland rainforest
Description:
tree, to 8.23 m in height, DBH 6.5 cm, trunk height to foliage 3.43 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 3.1 m; foliage 0.365 kg mature wet mass, 0.142 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures horizontal, broad; bark black, dark brown, brown, light brown; cambium dark brown, brown, light brown; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: birr Local use: timber for house construction, used to make wooden plates