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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS1J0009
Occurrence ID (GUID): 907dd755-5d41-407f-9b34-b4cb3f9ebc98
Taxon: Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Family: Urticaceae
Determiner: H. Nowatuo (04 Jun 2013)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS1J0009   
Date: 2013-06-04
Verbatim Date: 18 Jun 2012
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164683  146.841717
Elevation: 1855 meters (6084ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: tree, to 13.8 m in height, DBH 13 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.8 m, crown height 7 m, crown width 6 m; foliage 16 kg mature wet mass, 0.0204 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, flaky; fissures vertical, narrow; bark black, dark brown, brown; cambium light brown; wood brown, light brown; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, 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: 907dd755-5d41-407f-9b34-b4cb3f9ebc98
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