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Taxon: Macaranga pleiostemon Pax & K.Hoffm.
Family: Euphorbiaceae

Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS2F0198   

Date: 2021-07-10

Verbatim Date: 21 Jul 2010

Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan

-6.16255  146.839933

Elevation: 1721 meters (5645ft)

Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest

Description: tree, to 11.66 m in height, DBH 6.9 cm, trunk height to foliage 6.66 m, crown height 5 m, crown width 2.6 m; foliage 4 kg mature wet mass, 0.1383 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, with lenticels; fissures vertical, narrow; bark brown, grey; cambium light brown, green; wood light brown, white; exudate absent, from felled plot. Local name: komim; sokovet Local use: timber for house and frame, shed and fencing construction; leaves used for smoking; firewood

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Record Id: 209909ef-bc6f-4d66-8ea4-7771747e17fc

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