Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)

Catalog #: YS1H0018

Occurrence ID: 97a013ec-7435-46ec-9ef0-8f9c5e112bc7

Taxon: Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.

Family: Urticaceae

Determiner: K. Molem (11 Apr 2013)

Observer: Binatang Research Center

Number: YS1H0018

Date: 2013-04-11

Verbatim Date: 20 Jul 2012

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

Latitude/Longitude: -6.1641 146.843567

Elevation: 1851 meters (6071ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 14.97 m in height, DBH 24 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.85 m, crown height 12.12 m, crown width 8.65 m; foliage 31 kg mature wet mass, 0.408 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: 97a013ec-7435-46ec-9ef0-8f9c5e112bc7

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