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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1E0029
Occurrence ID (GUID): b06fe26e-8b50-4df6-aea2-bcc829f951a2
Taxon: Benstonea adinobotrys (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Callm. & Buerki
Family: Pandanaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP1E0029   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 02 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067  146.83985
Elevation: 1719 meters (5638ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 8.5 m in height, DBH 5 cm, trunk height to foliage 4.8 m, crown height 3.7 m, crown width 3.9 m; foliage 5 kg mature wet mass, 0.068 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown; cambium yellow, white; wood light brown, white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: jigan Local use: split stems used for flooring and fireplaces; leaves used for thatched roofing and weaving mats and string bags
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Record Id: b06fe26e-8b50-4df6-aea2-bcc829f951a2
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