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Taxon: Syzygium hylophilum (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Merr.
Family: Myrtaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP2A0078   

Date: 2011-08-17

Verbatim Date: 09 Oct 2010

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

-6.162617  146.841967

Elevation: 1777 meters (5829ft)

Habitat: Primary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 9.78 m in height, DBH 7.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.78 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 4.61 m; foliage 3 kg mature wet mass; fissures vertical, narrow; bark 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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Record Id: 03458d20-af53-4e95-af41-4e5733b73d83

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