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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS1G0017
Occurrence ID (GUID): a4adeb4f-d3d8-4686-863a-a13ec75f9614
Taxon: Musa peekelii Lauterb.
Family: Musaceae
Determiner: G. Sosanika (17 Mar 2011)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS1G0017   
Date: 2011-03-17
Verbatim Date: 19 Nov 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631  146.840217
Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: shrub, to 6.2 m in height, DBH 13.2 cm, trunk height to foliage 4 m, crown height 2.2 m, crown width 2 m; foliage 0.4 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, flaky; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, green; wood white, grey; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: koyongom Local use: ritual use against sorcery; leaves used for temporary shelter and as umbrellas
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Record Id: a4adeb4f-d3d8-4686-863a-a13ec75f9614
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