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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YP4C0251
Occurrence ID (GUID): d4a237b7-bd93-4d70-a1f4-8eebc6444184
Taxon: Myristica subalulata Miq.
Family: Myristicaceae
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YP4C0251   
Date: 2012-04-16
Verbatim Date: 16 Apr 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.163017  146.842983
Elevation: 1732 meters (5681ft)
Habitat: Primary montane rainforest
Description: small tree, to 7.1 m in height, DBH 6.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.3 m, crown height 4.8 m, crown width 2.2 m, stilt roots up to 0.65 m; foliage 0.5 kg mature wet mass; outer bark rough; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black; cambium brown; wood light brown, white; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, from felled plot. Local name: mongtop Local use: timber for house construction, posts, fencing and firewood; also used to light fires by friction with strip of bamboo
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