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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1B0027
Occurrence ID (GUID): 67002c8e-879b-4770-8851-936d48fd6e23
Taxon: Myristica subalulata Miq.
Family: Myristicaceae
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1B0027   
Date: 2012-05-26
Verbatim Date: 26 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1637  146.842017
Elevation: 1749 meters (5737ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 8.1 m in height, DBH 5.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.1 m, crown height 6 m, crown width 2.5 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass, 0.183 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown; cambium brown; wood brown, light brown; exudate orange, red; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: mongtop Local use: timber for house construction, posts, fencing and firewood; also used to light fires by friction with strip of bamboo
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Record Id: 67002c8e-879b-4770-8851-936d48fd6e23
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