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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
YS1J0015
Occurrence ID (GUID):
200da8de-a237-4a5b-a537-f0008f86e2da
Taxon:
Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Family: Urticaceae
Family: Urticaceae
Determiner: H. Nowatuo (22 Jun 2013)
Collector:
Binatang Research Center YS1J0015
Date: 2013-06-22
Verbatim Date: 16 Jun 2012
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164683 146.841717
Elevation:
1855 meters
(6084ft)
Habitat:
Secondary montane rainforest
Description:
small tree, to 7.7 m in height, DBH 8.8 cm, trunk height to foliage 1.3 m, crown height 6.4 m, crown width 4.6 m; foliage 5 kg mature wet mass, 0.114 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium brown, light brown, white; wood brown, light brown, white; 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.
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: 200da8de-a237-4a5b-a537-f0008f86e2da
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