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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP2C0145
Occurrence ID (GUID): 0ff630b0-7754-4129-9c80-63974c3d7cc4
Taxon: Steganthera hospitans (Becc.) Kaneh. & Hatus.
Family: Monimiaceae
Determiner: G. Sosanika (18 Aug 2011)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP2C0145   
Date: 2011-08-18
Verbatim Date: 17 Feb 2011
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.163017  146.842983
Elevation: 1732 meters (5681ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 4.55 m in height, DBH 5.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.55 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 2 m; foliage 1.1 kg mature wet mass, 0.0443 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth; fissures narrow; bark white, cream; cambium light brown, orange; wood light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: tongo Local use: timber for house and fencing construction; firewood; leaves used as cigarette paper
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Record Id: 0ff630b0-7754-4129-9c80-63974c3d7cc4
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