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Plant records from the New Guinea Binatang Research Center
Catalog (Accession) #: YS2G0201
Occurrence ID (GUID): eaa8a6b2-4805-4429-9b76-e829a0361447
Taxon: Musa peekelii Lauterb.
Family: Musaceae
Determiner: G. Sosanika (02 Apr 2011)
Collector: Binatang Research Center   YS2G0201   
Date: 2011-04-02
Verbatim Date: 29 Nov 2010
Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Yawan
-6.1631  146.840217
Elevation: 1752 meters (5747ft)
Habitat: Secondary montane rainforest
Description: shrub, to 4.3 m in height, DBH 10.7 cm, trunk height to foliage 2.3 m, crown height 2 m, crown width 2 m; foliage 0.2 kg mature wet mass, 0.1281 kg juvenile wet mass; outer bark smooth, rough; fissures vertical, narrow; bark dark brown, light brown; cambium white; wood white; exudate white; DNA preserved in silica, wood sample preserved, from felled plot. Local name: koyongom Local use: ritual use against sorcery; leaves used for temporary shelter and as umbrellas
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