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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1B0005
Occurrence ID (GUID): 817d137b-2bd4-414f-b554-3b57320b57c2
Taxon: Benstonea rostellata (Merr. & L.M. Perry) Callm. & Buerki
Family: Pandanaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1B0005   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 04 Jun 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1637  146.842017
Elevation: 1749 meters (5737ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 23.3 m in height, DBH 17.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 16.3 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 10.8 m, stilt roots up to 7.3 m; foliage 10.2 kg mature wet mass, 0.68 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown, grey; cambium light brown, white; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: jigan Local use: split stems used for fencing, flooring, and house posts; leaves used for thatched roofing
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Record Id: 817d137b-2bd4-414f-b554-3b57320b57c2
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