Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center (NGBRC)
YS1J0041
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Pipturus argenteus (G. Forst.) Wedd.
Urticaceae
H. Nowatuo (16 May 2013)
Binatang Research Center
YS1J0041
2013-05-16
18 Jun 2012
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.164683 146.841717
1855 meters (6084ft)
Secondary montane rainforest
small tree, to 13.8 m in height, DBH 16.6 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.1 m, crown height 8.7 m, crown width 10.6 m; foliage 7 kg mature wet mass, 0.263 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark rough, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, brown, light brown, grey; cambium black, light brown; wood brown, light brown, white; exudate absent; 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.