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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP1E0038
Occurrence ID (GUID): a3ee4fe9-912a-4d50-bf37-351d3a90eeda
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   YP1E0038   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 08 May 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164067  146.83985
Elevation: 1719 meters (5638ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 6.6 m in height, DBH 7.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.9 m, crown height 3.7 m, crown width 4 m; foliage 6 kg mature wet mass, 0.332 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures horizontal, broad; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown; 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: a3ee4fe9-912a-4d50-bf37-351d3a90eeda
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