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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP2B0077
Occurrence ID (GUID): d0157e6b-7092-4dee-9ffd-64b23b354448
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   YP2B0077   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 02 Oct 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1637  146.842017
Elevation: 1749 meters (5737ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 16.3 m in height, DBH 14.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 8.6 m, crown height 7.7 m, crown width 12.3 m, stilt roots up to 6.57 m; foliage 68 kg mature wet mass, 0.524 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures vertical, narrow; bark white, grey; cambium white; wood white; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: umong Local use: split stems used for fencing, flooring, house posts, and fireplaces; leaves used for roofing and weaving; roots used in tying grass skirts
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Record Id: d0157e6b-7092-4dee-9ffd-64b23b354448
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