Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
YS1J0013
dbe7f185-29a7-4c78-9dad-80041f82aeef
Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
H. Nowatuo (19 Jun 2013)
Binatang Research Center
YS1J0013
2013-06-19
16 Jun 2012
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164683 146.841717
1855 meters (6084ft)
Secondary montane rainforest
tree, to 15 m in height, DBH 21.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 11 m, crown height 4 m, crown width 3 m; foliage 2.5 kg mature wet mass, 0.109 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, light brown; cambium brown, light brown; wood brown, light brown; exudate absent; DNA preserved in silica, 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.