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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1D0008
Occurrence ID (GUID): 2de9b220-0766-49fd-a99a-36b954254e30
Taxon: Syzygium hylophilum (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Merr.
Family: Myrtaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (25 Apr 2013)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1D0008   
Date: 2013-04-25
Verbatim Date: 18 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1642  146.840083
Elevation: 1738 meters (5701ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 6.9 m in height, DBH 5.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.2 m, crown height 4.7 m, crown width 2.3 m; foliage 1 kg mature wet mass, 0.019 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: karofang Local use: timber for house and fence construction; firewood; fruit is a food source for cassowaries and is used in hunting
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