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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS1H0002
Occurrence ID (GUID): 3d127f47-98e4-496c-9b43-15a569ede06a
Taxon: Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Family: Urticaceae
Determiner: K. Molem (13 Feb 2014)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS1H0002   
Date: 2014-02-13
Verbatim Date: 19 Jul 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1641  146.843567
Elevation: 1851 meters (6071ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.6 m in height, DBH 23.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.6 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 6.5 m; foliage 14 kg mature wet mass, 0.54 kg juvenile wet mass, from felled plot. Local name: Udan Local use: Firewood and wood shed; Fruit bait for birds; bark is used to manipulate hair and to make dread locks.
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Record Id: 3d127f47-98e4-496c-9b43-15a569ede06a
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