NGBRC
Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #:
YS2G0177
Occurrence ID (GUID):
b144ccd0-075e-4e24-9c0c-f6def00d2e60
Taxon:
Musa peekelii Lauterb.
Family: Musaceae
Family: Musaceae
Collector:
Binatang Research Center YS2G0177
Date: 2010-12-02
Verbatim Date: 02 Dec 2010
Locality:
Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631 146.840217
Elevation:
1752 meters
(5747ft)
Habitat:
Secondary montane rainforest
Description:
shrub, to 8.7 m in height, DBH 21 cm, trunk height to foliage 5.7 m, crown height 3 m, crown width 3.5 m; foliage 2 kg mature wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; bark brown; cambium white; wood light brown, white; exudate absent, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: koyongom Local use: ritual use against sorcery; leaves used for temporary shelter and as umbrellas
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Record Id: b144ccd0-075e-4e24-9c0c-f6def00d2e60
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