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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP3B0172
Occurrence ID (GUID): d2b22460-aacb-4333-9844-709767217aaf
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   YP3B0172   
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 01 Oct 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1637  146.842017
Elevation: 1749 meters (5737ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: pandanus, to 8.6 m in height, DBH 6.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.3 m, crown height 6.3 m, crown width 6.6 m; foliage 40 kg mature wet mass, 0.421 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; bark white; cambium white; wood 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: d2b22460-aacb-4333-9844-709767217aaf
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