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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
YP3B0177
Occurrence ID (GUID):
d35bcbaf-eda4-4bc6-bbc9-380b773eb5f9
Taxon:
Benstonea adinobotrys (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Callm. & Buerki
Family: Pandanaceae
Family: Pandanaceae
Determiner: Z. Ezedin (10 Jul 2021)
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Collector:
Binatang Research Center YP3B0177
Date: 2021-07-10
Verbatim Date: 12 Oct 2012
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1637 146.842017
Elevation:
1749 meters
(5737ft)
Habitat:
Primary montane rainforest
Description:
to 21.03 m in height, DBH 17.1 cm, trunk height to foliage 16.2 m, crown height 4.83 m, crown width 2.2 m, stilt roots up to 4.55 m; foliage 9.3 kg mature wet mass, 0.072 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures horizontal, narrow; bark white; 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
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: d35bcbaf-eda4-4bc6-bbc9-380b773eb5f9
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